Case: STRIPE et al., RECEIVERS, v. UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Stripe v. United States
Decision Date: 1926-01-11
Docket Number: No. 496
Citation: 269 U.S. 503
Volume: 269
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: STRIPE et al., RECEIVERS, v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
STRIPE et al., RECEIVERS, v. UNITED STATES.
No. 496.
Submitted November 23,1925.
Decided January 11, 1926.
Messrs. Ben. A. Matthews and Harold Harper, for petitioners.
Solicitor General Mitchell and Messrs. Jerome Michael, Henry Gale, and Ralph F. Fuchs, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, for the United. States.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Butler
delivered the .opinion of the Court.
In this case there is presented the question whether, in the distribution of the assets of Johnson Shipyards Corporation among its creditors by receivers appointed in an equity suit, the United States under R. S. § 3466 is entitled to have its claim against the corporation for taxes first satisfied. The facts (300 Fed. 952) are in all respects similar to those in Price v. United States, ante, p. 492. The question of law involved is identical. The United States is entitled to priority.
Decree affirmed.