Brozan v. United States

CLANCY, District Judge.

This is an action brought by attorneys to impress and enforce a lien on Treasury funds. In September, 1943, the plaintiffs were retained to prosecute a claim in the Internal Revenue Bureau for refund of excess profits taxes for the years 1940 through the year 1944. They rendered services and on June 8, 1951 the Director of Internal Revenue in another district published an overassessment list showing that the client was entitled to considerable refunds. The refund was paid to the client then or shortly after. Subsequently plaintiffs claimed an inaccurate computation of…