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MEARS v. J. M. GIDDING & CO.

No. 227.

6 F.2d 758 (1925)

Charles H. MEARS, Plaintiff, v. J. M. GIDDING & CO., Inc., Defendant, and Leo A. Price, as Receiver, etc., Appellant.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 24, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenberg & Ball, of New York City (Godfrey Goldmark and Ralph F. Colin, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant Price.

William Hayward, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Thomas J. Crawford and John Holley Clark, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before ROGERS, MANTON, and HAND, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The only question presented for review by this court is whether or not the government of the United States is entitled to the prior payment of its claim for income taxes and duties as priority claims in an equity receivership. The special master reported that the United States was entitled to priority of payment, and the District Court on October 16, 1924, entered an order confirming the master's report. Thereupon the case was brought here on appeal.<...

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