Carroll v. United States

LUONGO, District Judge.

This is a suit, tried to the Court without a jury, by a taxpayer against the United States to recover $12,000.00 deposited by taxpayer in escrow with defendant. The fund was deposited with defendant to enable taxpayer to sell her cafe business free of liens for cabaret taxes for the years 1953, 1954 and 1955 resulting from additional assessments, interest, statutory costs and lien fees totalling $19,595.19. On July 10, 1957, defendant applied the sum so deposited in partial satisfaction of the additional assessments. Defendant counterclaims herein to recover the sum of…