Metcalf

United States v. Metcalf

Good Law
154 F.2d 56·35 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 4·1946 U.S. App. LEXIS 3755
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 18, 1946No. 11059California329 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Mathews, J.

In Security-First National Bank v. United States, 9 Cir., 153 F.2d 563 , we affirmed an order which, on February 6, 1945, affirmed an order of a referee in bankruptcy-which, on June 6, 1944, directed H. F. Met-calf, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of F. P. Newport Corporation, Limited, bankrupt, to pay a claim of the United States, appellant here, for income taxes ($19,-363.65, plus interest) assessed against the trustee for the calendar years 1938 and 1939. The taxes were assessed on income-(rents and royalties) received by the trustee from the trust property mentioned in. Security-First National Bank v. United States, supra. The order of June 6, 1944, directed the trustee to pay appellant’s claim: out of income received or to be received: from the trust property.

*57 The trustee did not obey the order of June 6, 1944. Instead, he applied for and, on October 17, 1944, obtained from the referee an order directing him to pay Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, a secured creditor of the bankrupt, 2 $5,264.11 out of income received from the trust property — income on which taxes were then, and are now, due and owing to appellant. The court affirmed the order of October…

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