Legal Opinion
Merryweather v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1926No. 4728PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the United States to establish a claim for income taxes, penalties, and interest as superior to all other claims against an insolvent corporation of which Merry-weather had previously been appointed receiver in an action pending in the superior court of the state of Washington. It is alleged that the collector of internal revenue filed due proofs with the receiver, claiming the amount of taxes and penalties, and that the receiver refused to give priority to the claims over all other debts due by the corporation, as provided in section 3466, Re-'…
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