SANCHEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 92, Docket 82-6108.

696 F.2d 213 (1982)

Juan SANCHEZ and Maria Sanchez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Defendants-Appellants, and Sapperstein, Hochberg & Haberman Inc., Arismendy Carrero, Consolidated Insurance Companies, Jack Solomon, Ende Refrigerator & Store Fixture Co., Inc., Joseph Victoria & Co., Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors, Condal Distributors, Inc., Vitarroz Corp., Angelo L. Ortiz, Goya Foods, Inc., and William G. Emanuel & Sons, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Millington Campbell, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Richard N. Papper, David M. Jones, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Stanley R. Reckler, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, MESKILL and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a single issue: which party is entitled to $16,400 in fire insurance proceeds — the sellers of real property damaged by fire who took a security interest in the "proceeds" of the property under the contract of sale, or the United States as tax lienor of the buyers? The law of New York clearly provides the government with a priority that, leaving sympathy aside, we are obliged to effectuate.

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