In re Leterman, Becher & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise and Appeal from Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. In the matter of Leterman, Becher & Co., Incorporated, bankrupt. From an order awarding priority to the claim of Coleman & Co., the Tawas Company, Incorporated, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
[1] The order which is brought here for our consideration is not an order in a bankruptcy proceeding proper, as the claims of the two petitioners against the bankrupt have been allowed. But this is a controversy between two claimants as to the priority of their respective claims, which is the only question involved. It is therefore a controversy in a bankruptcy proceeding, and as such is subject to the appellate jurisdiction of this court under section 24a of the Bankruptcy Law (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 553 [Comp. St. § 9608]). The petition to revise which…
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