Legal Opinion

H. L. Merideth, Jr. v. United States of America v. United States of America, Defendant-Third-Party v. Greenville Contracting Company, Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided October 1, 1971No. 71-1730_1Published

1Per curiam

This case involves lien rights of Mississippi judgment creditors vis a vis federal tax liens. The district court ruled in favor of the judgment creditors, 327 F.Supp. 429, and we affirm on the opinion of the district court with the following additional statement.

The facts of this case are in line with and controlled by our decision in Brook-haven Bank & Trust Co. v. Gwin, 5 Cir., 1958, 253 F.2d 17, where we followed the Mississippi Supreme Court in Motors Securities Co. v. B. M. Stevens Co., 225 Miss. 361, 83 So.2d 177 (1955). The district court was of this same view. This is not a case…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brookhaven Bank & Trust Company v. D. E. GwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  2. Willis Hardware Co. v. CLARKMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Motors Securities Co. v. B. M. Stevens Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Merideth v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1970
  5. McPhillips Construction Co. v. Carter-Murphy Construction Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1969

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