Cleveland Steel Co. v. Joe Kaufman Co.

This is a controversy over a receiver’s account. As we read the record, the receiver had in his hands for distribution a balance of $6,4$9.09, out of which the following two items, aggregating $1,237.20, are admittedly entitled to be paid first, to wit: United States government $1,170.24, and court costs $67.20; thus leaving a net balance of $5,251.65, which he proposes to distribute in the following order of preference, viz.: (1) Receiver and attorney, $1,600; notary and appraisers, $550—$2,150. (2) State taxes, $1,865.54; city taxes, $2,505.56—$4,371.10. (3) Mrs. W. J. Davey, lessor, $825.…