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United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp., 269 U.S. 504 (1926)
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United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp., 269 U.S. 504 (1926)
United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corporation No. 503 Argued November 23, 1925 Decided January 11, 1926 269 U.S. 504
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Where the answer of an insolvent corporation, in a suit brought by a simple contract creditor for the conservation and disposition of its property for the benefit of it creditors, admitted the allegations of the bill and consented to a decree appointing receiver, held that this amounted to the handing over of all the property and business to be administered a a trust fund to pay debts, and was in substance a voluntary assignment within the meaning of Rev.Stats. § 3466, entitling the United States to priority in payment of it claim. P. 513.
9 F.2d 1018 reversed.
Certiorari to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming an order of the district court which dismissed a petition in intervention filed by the United States, seeking preferred payment of its claim in a suit to administer and dispose of the assets of a corporation, through receivers, for the settlement of its debts. See also Price v. United States, ante, p. 492.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp., 269 U.S. 504 (1926) in 269 U.S. 504 269 U.S. 511. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IAP2KCVNI6IR37X.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp., 269 U.S. 504 (1926), in 269 U.S. 504, page 269 U.S. 511. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IAP2KCVNI6IR37X.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Butterworth-Judson Corp., 269 U.S. 504 (1926). cited in 1926, 269 U.S. 504, pp.269 U.S. 511. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IAP2KCVNI6IR37X.
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