Board of Com'rs of Muskogee County v. Morely

STONE, Circuit Judge.

In the case of United States v. Bessie Wildcat et al., a receiver was appointed who was succeeded by other receivers. These various receivers collected a large fund resulting from oil royalties.' The taxing officials of Muskogee county, Okl., attempted to assess this fund for ad valorem taxes. To prevent such action, the receivers filed an application, in the Wildcat suit, for a restraining order and an injunction to prevent this assessment and levy. Other interested counties intervened. The result of this tax litigation was an order entered (May 29, 1923) upon a…