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DAVIS v. PRINGLE

Nos. 786 and 787 argued, No. 1085 submitted, May 4, 1925.

268 U.S. 315 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 549

69 L.Ed. 974

DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT FOR CLAIMS DUE IN OPERATION OF ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD, v. PRINGLE, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF ESTATE OF BOYD CO., INC. DAVIS, FEDERAL AGENT FOR CLAIMS DUE IN OPERATION OF SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY, v. PRINGLE, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF ESTATE OF BOYD CO., INC. BORLAND, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerome Michael, with whom the Solicitor General and Messrs. A.A. McLaughlin, Alex Koplin, Henry Gale and Arthur M. Loeb were on the brief, for petitioner in Nos. 786 and 787.

Messrs. N.B. Barnwell and Godfrey Goldmark for respondent, in Nos. 786 and 787.

Mr. Godfrey Goldmark, for petitioner in No. 1085, submitted.

The Solicitor General, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Letts and Mr. Harvey B. Cox, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States, submitted in No. 1085.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The first and second of these cases are claims for freight, storage and demurrage proved in bankruptcy proceedings by the federal agent, for which the agent asserts priority on the ground that such claims arising during federal control of the railroads in 1918 are debts due to the United States and are preferred by Rev. Stats. § 3466 and by the Bankruptcy Act of July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 64, amended by...

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