United States v. Max Pollack, Formerly D/B/A Max Pollack Co., and Shirley Mestel and Ida Mestel, D/B/A King Holding Company

MEDINA, Circuit Judge:

This case involves two parcels of real estate in Queens County, New York, known as the Rego Park and the Middle Village properties, formerly owned by one Max Pollack. There was an underlying first mortgage on the Rego Park property and a series of government liens were filed against Pollack. The first of these liens in time was filed on May 12, 1958, in the principal sum of $6719.29. At that time Pollack owned both properties. The Mestels, who' are appellants here, bought the Middle Village property on August 7, 1958, apparently without searching for and ascertaining the…