Polk County v. Burns
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Martin J. Wade, Judge. In the matter of tile bankruptcy of Julius H. Hosmer, doing business under the name of the Hawkeye Buggy & Implement Company. Petition by Polk County, Iowa, against G. F. Burns, trustee in bankruptcy, and others, to revise a judgment (233 Fed. 318) giving priority to the Kens of landlords over claims of the county for personal taxes.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
Julius H. Hosmer was engaged in the farm machinery and automobile business under the name of Hawkeye Buggy & Implement Company. He leased four different pieces of real property in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, for carrying on his business, in each of which he had personal property. June 3, 1915, he became a bankrupt, and at the time was owing rent upon each of his leaseholds. The landlords presented claims for this rent, and asked that the same be given priority over all other claims as to the personal property contained in each building, upon tire ground that the…
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