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UNITED STATES v. OKLAHOMA

No. 25, Original.

261 U.S. 253 (1923)

UNITED STATES v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. S.W. Williams, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. William H. Zwick, with whom Mr. George F. Short, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, was on the brief, for defendant.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit commenced in this Court by the United States against the State of Oklahoma to establish priority in favor of the United States under § 3466 of the Revised Statutes and to have a debt owing by the state bank of Guthrie, Oklahoma, paid before any distribution of the assets of the bank.

The case was heard on the motion of the State to dismiss...

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