UNITED STATES v. HUBBELL

No. 19977.

323 F.2d 197 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. J. T. HUBBELL, Individually and d/b/a J. T. Hubbell Construction Co., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Kovner, Atty., Michael K. Cavanaugh, Dept. of Justice, John B. Jones, Jr., Act. Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meyer Rothwacks, Lee A. Jackson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., H. Barefoot Sanders, Jr., U. S. Atty., Martha Joe Stroud, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

William S. Downard, W. M. Taylor, Jr., Aubrey J. Roberts, R. G. Scurry, Dallas, Tex., Scurry, Scurry, Pace & Wood, Richard H. Hodges, Dallas, Tex., for appellee, Housing Authority of the City of Dallas.

Before CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WHITEHURST, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

In this "interpleader" action, appellant United States and appellees J. T. Hubbell, T. B. Hubbard Construction Company, Inc., and Russell W. Nix (called "Contractors" for convenience) claim the proceeds of a state court judgment in favor of Contractors and one Lewis, and against "interpleader" The Housing Authority of the City of Dallas. The court below held that the tax lien claim of the United States was inferior to the claim of Contractors...

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