Legal Opinion
City of Tampa v. Commercial Building Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1932No. Nos. 6327, 6353PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The two eases involved in these appeals present the same question. They were heard together below and submitted together here. We will dispose of them together.
The Florida Office Supply Company was adjudicated bankrupt on October 9, 1930. In due course the appellees filed their respective claims for unpaid rent, asserting their rights, under the statutes of Florida (Comp. Laws 1927, § 5420 et seq.), giving a landlord’s lien, to preferential payment out of the funds in the possession of the trustee derived from.the sale of personal property upon which their liens…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Richmond v. BirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- City of Waco v. BryanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1904
- Fudickar v. GlennCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1916
- Lott v. SalsburyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
- Lontos v. CoppardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. SweeneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
- In Re BrannonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- St. Joe Paper Company v. RayDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
- City of Dallas v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- City of Dallas v. CrippenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
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