In re Lewis
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Bankruptcy. Ou review of decision of referee in bankruptcy. Tire referee’s certificate was as follows: “1, Lewis G-. Farmer, one of the referees of said court in bankruptcy, do hereby certify that, in the course of the proceedings in said case before me, the following question arose pertaining to the said proceedings, as follows: Whether a claim of the National Wall-Paper Company for $46.80 was entitled to priority, said claim being for sheriff's fees in an attachment on…
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In Bankruptcy. Ou review of decision of referee in bankruptcy. Tire referee’s certificate was as follows: “1, Lewis G-. Farmer, one of the referees of said court in bankruptcy, do hereby certify that, in the course of the proceedings in said case before me, the following question arose pertaining to the said proceedings, as follows: Whether a claim of the National Wall-Paper Company for $46.80 was entitled to priority, said claim being for sheriff's fees in an attachment on a writ in favor of said National Wall-Paper Company against the said bankrupt, the same having- been incurred prior to…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The sheriff’s fees in a case like this are: entitled to priority in insolvency proceedings in Massachusetts, under Pub. St. c. 157, § 104, cl. 5, and Id; § 139, which read as follows:
“Sec. 104. In the order for a dividend under the preceding section, the following claims shall be entitled to priority, and to be first paid in full in their order: * * * Fifth. Legal fees, costs, and expenses of suit, and for the custody of the property proved as preferred under section 139.”
“Sec. 139. ;When an. attachment on mesne process has been made and is not dissolved before…
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