Legal Opinion
In re Schultz & Guthrie
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 31, 1916No. 23107PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Schultz & Guthrie.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
[1] As the evidence is not reported, the findings of the referee must stand unless they appear upon the face of bis certificate to be plainly wrong. The alleged bankrupts’ letter to the claimant of January 1, 1916, in which they say in effect that they can no longer keep on with him under the contract of employment, is certainly strong evidence of a breach at that time. If so, it would follow that thereafter the claimant was entitled, not to wages, but to damages, which, of course, would not be entitled to priority. The learned referee has, however, found that the…
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- In re GurewitzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
- Isaac McLean Sons Co. v. William S. Butler & Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914
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