In re Downey

McCORMICK, District Judge.

This is a review of the order of a referee in bankruptcy wherein a claim of Standard Coated Products Company was allowed. The aggregate amount of the claim is $104,499.33. The bankrupt objects to the allowance of the claim upon the grounds (1) that it is barred by the statute of limitations and particularly by § 337 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California; and (2) that the contract which is the basis of the claim is void as being an assignment of wages by a married man, contrary to §§ 301-304 of the Labor Code of California, St.1937, p. 202.

We find…