In re West Side Paper Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. On certificate of referée concerning claim of landlord to priority.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
The learned referee (Joseph Mellors, Esq.) refused to allow the landlord to be first paid out of the proceeds of certain personal property upon which he had distrained previous to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. The distress, which was for six months’ rent, was stayed by the court. The property was sold by the trustee, and the referee postponed the landlord to' the costs of the proceeding and to wages due to workmen, holding that Act; July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 64b, cls. 3, 4, 30 Stat. 563 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3447], gave precedence to claims…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Longstreth v. PennockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Wilson v. Pennsylvania Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1902
- In re HooverDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1902
- In re MitchellDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1902
- In re DubleDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1902
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- Jones v. FordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918