In re Jackson Light & Traction Co.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Jackson Bight & Traction Company, bankrupt. On review of order of referee denying priority to claim of Dr. C. A. Bee, administrator. The following is the opinion of Referee West: The Jackson Light & Traction Company was adjudged a bankrupt on March 29, 1919, upon a voluntary petition.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Jackson Bight & Traction Company, bankrupt. On review of order of referee denying priority to claim of Dr. C. A. Bee, administrator. The following is the opinion of Referee West: The Jackson Light & Traction Company was adjudged a bankrupt on March 29, 1919, upon a voluntary petition. On April 5, 1919, Dr. O. A. Lee, administrator of the estate of Percy L. Johnson, deceased, filed his claim in this court for the sum of §10,730, which he prayed lo be allowed as a claim entitled to payment in full out of the assets of the above estate. This claim represented a…
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, District Judge.
This case has been fully covered in the briefs and certificate of the referee, and the only new, or additional, view which presents itself to the court is with reference to the effect of the repeal of section 3 of the act of 1888, as amended by the act of 1895. Section 3 was repealed by the Act of August 23, 1916, the repealing act to become effective on January 1, 1917. 39 Stat. at Large, 531.
It seems'to. be conceded by counsel for the judgment creditor that, under the act of 1888, he has no lien on any property outside of the county where the judgment was rendered;…
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