Franklin Trust Co. v. Key West Gas Co.

CALL, District Judge.

This cause comes on for a hearing upon exceptions to the master’s report disallowing certain claims to be paid out of the corpus of the property, filed by Pierce Bros., T. A. Lumley, W. J. H. Taylor, Wm. Curry’s Sons, Key West Hardware Company, and W. H. White.

The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Gregg v. Metropolitan Trust Co., 197 U. S. 183, 25 Sup. Ct. 415, 49 L. Ed. 717 rendered by Justice Holmes, seems to settle the questions raised by these exceptions, unless the statutes of Florida authorize the payment from the corpus of the property as a lien.

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