BENNETT-IRELAND, INC. v. AMER. ALUM. ETC.

No. 35990.

59 Wn.2d 670 (1962)

369 P.2d 957

BENNETT-IRELAND, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN ALUMINUM PRODUCTS CO., INC., Respondent, KING COUNTY et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Carroll, James J. Caplinger and William L. Paul, Jr., for appellant King County.

Charles P. Moriarty and James F. McAteer (Louis F. Oberdorfer, Lee A. Jackson, A.F. Prescott, and George F. Lynch, of counsel), for appellant United States of America.

The Attorney General and James A. Furber, Assistant, for respondent.


DONWORTH, J.

This is a receivership proceeding in which we are called upon to review the relative priorities of certain claims as fixed by the trial court.

The case originated in an action instituted by a materialman in which it sought judgment against American Aluminum Products Co., Inc., for materials sold and delivered, and asked for the appointment of a receiver to liquidate the corporation's assets for the benefit of its creditors. The corporation admitted...

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