United States v. Jacobs

LYNNE, District Judge.

On October 24, 1949, C. M. Jacobs1 recovered of the Southern Railway Company,2 in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama,3 a judgment in the amount of $5,000 for personal injuries arising out of an accident which occurred on February 10, 1948. On October 24, 1949, Southern paid to Julian Swift,4 as Clerk of the State Court, the sum of $5,000 in satisfaction of such judgment.

On November 15, 1949, the Railroad Retirement Board5 notified the Clerk that it claimed a lien upon the proceeds of such judgment in the amount of $1,135 pursuant to the provisions…