In re West Norfolk Lumber Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Bankruptcy. On exceptions to report of referee. The West Norfolk Lumber Company was on the 21st day of August, 1900, at the instance of its creditors, duly adjudged an involuntary bankrupt, the said company having been engaged since 1894 in the operation of a plant,situated at West Norfolk, Va., for the manufacture of rough lumber into flooring, ceiling, box. shooks, and other dressed material.
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In Bankruptcy. On exceptions to report of referee. The West Norfolk Lumber Company was on the 21st day of August, 1900, at the instance of its creditors, duly adjudged an involuntary bankrupt, the said company having been engaged since 1894 in the operation of a plant,situated at West Norfolk, Va., for the manufacture of rough lumber into flooring, ceiling, box. shooks, and other dressed material. On the night of the 11th of May, 1900, the plant, together with a large portion of the lumber on hand, was consumed by fire. At the time of the fire, and for several years prior thereto, the lumber…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating case as above). This case is now before the court upon exceptions taken to the report of the referee, D. Lawrence Groner, F,sq., and the questions to be determined are: The ownership of the insurance money aforesaid; whether the supply lien creditors have any claim thereto; the validity of the supply lien creditors’ claims against the company; together ' with the order of priority, as among themselves, and what preferences, if any, have been given by the bankrupt to any of its creditors.
i. The claim of the Bank of Delaware to the fund derived from the policies of insurance on…
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