https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292598 Court-fees certified as due from a pauper plaintiff were treated as a Crown debt, and the statutory recovery mechanism did not displace the Crown's prerogative right to priority over other creditors. The existence of a first charge on the subject-matter of the suit did not confine the Government to that source alone or require prior attachment of the fund in Court before payment could be claimed. As sale proceeds were available for distribution in Court, the Government was entitled to be paid first out of that fund, in preference to the plaintiff's other claim. en-us Tue, 20 Mar 1906 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:43:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292598 Court-fees certified as due from a pauper plaintiff were treated as a Crown debt, and the statutory recovery mechanism did not displace the Crown's prerogative right to priority over other creditors. The existence of a first charge on the subject-matter of the suit did not confine the Government to that source alone or require prior attachment of the fund in Court before payment could be claimed. As sale proceeds were available for distribution in Court, the Government was entitled to be paid first out of that fund, in preference to the plaintiff's other claim. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Mar 1906 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292598