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STRIPE v. UNITED STATES

No. 496.

269 U.S. 503 (1926)

STRIPE ET AL., RECEIVERS, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ben. A. Matthews and Harold Harper, for petitioners.

Solicitor General Mitchell and Messrs. Jerome Michael, Henry Gale, and Ralph F. Fuchs, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case there is presented the question whether, in the distribution of the assets of Johnson Shipyards Corporation among its creditors by receivers appointed in an equity suit, the United States under R.S. § 3466 is entitled to have its claim against the corporation for taxes first satisfied. The facts (300 Fed. 952) are in all respects similar to those in Price v. United States, ante,

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