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UNITED STATES v. CRITTENDEN

No. 75-4174.

563 F.2d 678 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Zac A. CRITTENDEN, Jr., d/b/a Crittenden Tractor Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Knight, U. S. Atty., H. Palmer Carr, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Ted L. Elders, Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Margaret M. Breinholt, Atty., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

A'Delbert Bowen, Cuthbert, Ga., Albert W. Stubbs, Columbus, Ga., Howell Hollis, III, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges, and WYATT, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 6, 1978.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Today we examine the lineage of liens to determine their hierarchy. At issue is the relative priority of the Farmers Home Administration's (FHA) perfected security interest in a tractor and Zac A. Crittenden, Jr.'s mechanic's lien against the same tractor. The case presents a number of distinct issues, ranging from mundane commercial questions to intricate matters of federal...

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