Chicago Transit Authority v. People

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to an order of the District Court entered in 'the course of reorganization of the Chicago Surface Lines, Debtors, requiring the State of Illinois to file any and all claims for taxes against the property of the debtors, in behalf of itself and its authorized agents, within a certain time or be forever barred, the state, on August 2, 1948, filed its claim for taxes assessed against the estate’s personal property for the year 1947 in the amount of $1,620,695.-85, less $540,231.95 previously paid. The Chicago Transit Authority, who acquired the property on…