Tennessee Finance Co. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. In the matter of the estate of Frank G. Moseley, bankrupt. Petition by Robert W. Thompson, as trustee in bankruptcy, against the Tennessee Finance Company and others, to have determined the right of the respondents to the wages earned by the bankrupt, under assignment of such wages.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee; Edward T. Sanford, Judge. In the matter of the estate of Frank G. Moseley, bankrupt. Petition by Robert W. Thompson, as trustee in bankruptcy, against the Tennessee Finance Company and others, to have determined the right of the respondents to the wages earned by the bankrupt, under assignment of such wages. From an order denying the right of respondents to the earned wages, the named respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
At. the time of bankruptcy the Nashville Terminals owed the bankrupt a sum of money as wages earned by the bankrupt as its employee. The bankrupt had assigned specific portions of this indebtedness to each of three companies, styling themselves, respectively, as a “finance company,” a “brokerage company,” and a “trading company.” The indebtedness from the Terminals Company was scheduled among the bankrupt’s assets. The three companies named were scheduled as unsecured creditors. The trustee obtained from the Terminals Company the wages in question, with notice of the…
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