UNITED STATES v. PRESS WIRELESS

No. 189, Docket 21933.

187 F.2d 294 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. PRESS WIRELESS, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, Henry L. Glenn, New York City, for appellant.

Gerdes & Montgomery, New York City, W. Randolph Montgomery, New York City, for debtor.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The only question on this appeal is whether the United States is entitled to priority in the payment of a claim, filed in a proceeding to reorganize a corporate "debtor" under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act. The answer confessedly depends upon the meaning of § 191 of Title 31, U.S.C.A., a section which had its origin in 1790 and after several later accretions took substantially its final form in 1797,1 and which went...

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