In re Deutschle
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In the matter of Thomas Deutschle & Co., bankrupts. On exceptions to the report of a referee denying priority of alleged labor claims of J. Wesley Kemery and D. A. Shollenberger.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBARD, District Judge.
A claim has been proved by J. Wesley Kemery for $153.56, which is said to be for wages, and priority is sought for it on that basis.
The claimant worked for the bankrupt under a written contract, a copy of which is given in the margin.† The total amount coming to *432him at- the time-of the failure was $495.84, hut $342.28 of this was due to the men under him, who proved their claims and got them paid as wages; and it is the balance only that is now in question. The referee denied priority to the claim, simply allowing it to come in as an ordinary debt, along with other…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Smith v. BrookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Johnston v. BarrillsOregon Supreme Court · 1895
- Campfield v. LangU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1885
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. CostelloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
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