UNITED STATES v. LIAS

Civ. A. 565.

154 F.Supp. 955 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. William G. LIAS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia, Wheeling Division.

July 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Krause, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Standard Finance Co.

Albert Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va., U. S. Atty., and Homer R. Miller, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., for the United States.

John E. Laughlin, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., and George Caravacios, Wheeling, W. Va., for William G. Lias.

Carl G. Bachmann, Wheeling, W. Va., for Alice Lias, John Lias, and other members of the Lias family.


HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

Standard Finance Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., has filed a common claim against the Receivers of Wheeling Downs, Inc., and Wheeling Downs Racing Association, for $50,000, and asks that such claim, without interest, be paid from the proceeds of sale of the race track. The United States has a tax lien for more than three million dollars against William G. Lias, the owner of the majority (56.6%) of the stock of Wheeling Downs, Inc., and...

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