The judge was warranted in finding that the money deposited with the city treasurer was the property of the claimant. Providence Brewing Co. v. Maxwell, 222 Mass. 123. An assignment is not the less an assignment of a present indebtedness even if it is qualified by some condition, contingency or limitation depending upon the happening of a future event. Gibson v. Cooke, 20 Pick. 15. Parkhurst v. Dickerson, 21 Pick. 307. Bourne v. Cabot, 3 Met. 305. Tripp v. Brownell, ubi supra.
Two Massachusetts cases are peculiarly applicable to the facts here developed. In Providence Brewing Co. v. Maxwell ( 222 Mass. 123), Maxwell applied to the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Clinton for a liquor license. The rule of the Board required that a certified check, payable to the Treasurer of the town in the sum of $1,000, should accompany all applications.