RHODE ISLAND DISCOUNT CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. Deptl. 177.

94 F.Supp. 669 (1951)

RHODE ISLAND DISCOUNT CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Hart, Providence, R. I., Cummings, Stanley, Truitt & Cross, J. Edward Burroughs, Jr., Washington, D. C., on the brief, for Rhode Island Discount Co.

O. Walker Taylor, Boston, Mass., Francis T. Leahy, Boston, Mass., on the brief, for Frank Mulready, Receiver for Somerset Shipyards, Inc.

Milton Kramer, Washington, D. C., Schoene, Freehill, Kramer & Davis, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for A. L. Smith Iron Co. and T. W. Evans Cordage Co.

Albert Brick, Washington D. C., for International Engineering & Supply Co. and Alfred E. Corp, etc.

Carl Eardley, Washington, D. C., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Russell W. Koskinen and Elizabeth B. Davis, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


MADDEN, Judge.

This case has been referred to the court by the Comptroller General of the United States pursuant to Sections 1493 and 2510 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. Our problem is to determine which one, or ones, if any, of several claimants are entitled to certain moneys earned by the Somerset Shipyards, Inc., in the performance of a contract with the Government. The several claimants are the Rhode Island Discount Company, which claims under an assignment...

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