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PRAIRIE STATE BANK v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 10, 16.

164 U.S. 227 (1896)

17 S.Ct. 142

41 L.Ed. 412

PRAIRIE STATE BANK, v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES, v. HITCHCOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Howard Henderson and Mr. A.B. Browne for Prairie State Bank. Mr. A.T. Britton was on their brief.

Mr. George A. King for Hitchcock. Mr. Rufus H. Thayer was on his brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question to be determined is which of the two contestants possesses a superior right to the fund. It is self-evident that, considering the agreements between Sundberg & Company and the bank as an intended transfer pro tanto of the rights of the latter to the results of the contract with the United States, such transfer would be void under § 3477, Rev. Stat. This position...

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