Legal Opinion
King v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 14, 1964No. 16PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This is an action brought by the United States against the executrix of George King,1 a deceased distributing agent for a debtor in a Chapter XI proceeding, and against his surety. The Government alleged that King was personally liable under R. S. § 3467, 31 U. S. C. § 192 (1958 ed.), because he satisfied claims of nonpriority creditors with knowledge of an outstanding government priority claim, in consequence of which the Government could not be paid in full.
The facts of the case were stipulated and are essentially as follows. On October 1, 1946, Seeley Tube & *331Box Company, Inc., a New Jersey…
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