UNITED STATES v. KNAPP

Civ. No. 5426.

168 F.Supp. 386 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America v. Forest L. KNAPP, Register and Recorder of Deeds of Crawford County and Gerald A. Gleason, Secretary of Revenue of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

January 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hourigan, U. S. Atty., Edwin M. Kosik, Asst. U. S. Atty., William D. Morgan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., for plaintiff.

Herbert B. Cohen, Atty. Gen., Edward Friedman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

This suit is in the nature of a mandamus proceeding brought by the United States of America against Forest L. Knapp, Recorder of Deeds of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to compel the recording of a deed from John E. Sloan, United States Marshal, to the United States of America.

On June 3, 1953, the United States of America secured a judgment against William...

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