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PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN BANK v. WELLES

No. 45.

242 U.S. 7 (1916)

37 S.Ct. 3

61 L.Ed. 116

PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO v. WELLES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Harr, with whom Mr. George A. Knight, Mr. Charles J. Heggerty, Mr. James B. Feehan, Mr. Joseph W. Beretta and Mr. Charles H. Bates were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Harold Remington, with whom Mr. F.H. Dam, Mr. R.T. Devlin, Mr. W.H. Devlin, Mr. A.F. Morrison, Mr. P.F. Dunne, Mr. W.I. Brobeck, Mr. Milton J. Green and Mr. George J. Hatfield were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by the appellee Welles to establish a lien upon a debt of $6,830.85 due under a construction contract from the City of San Francisco, represented by the appellee Boyle, to the bankrupt, Metropolis Construction Company. The District Court approved the report of the referee against the claim and in favor of...

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