UNITED STATES v. OSWALD AND HESS COMPANY

Nos. 15106, 15107.

345 F.2d 886 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. OSWALD AND HESS COMPANY. UNITED STATES of America v. OSWALD AND HESS COMPANY, City of Pittsburgh, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gustave Diamond, U. S. Atty., Sherman L. Cohn, John C. Eldridge, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States.

Thomas S. White, Asst. City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa. (David W. Craig, City Sol., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for City of Pittsburgh.

Before McLAUGHLIN, STALEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action to obtain discharge of all claims and liens on property it had bought at a foreclosure sale upon a mortgage which it held. The City of Pittsburgh filed an answer to the petition, claiming a prior lien on the property for certain water and sewage charges owed by Oswald & Hess Company, the mortgagor. The district court granted relief to the City for charges for...

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