In re Curran's Restaurant & Baking Co.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This case arises out of the distribution of the proceeds of a sale by a receiver in bankruptcy and involves the status of certain wage claims as against a landlord’s claim for rent. There is no doubt that the landlord, having distrained, acquired a lien and his claim is therefore covered by section 67d of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 USCA § 107 (d). Shalet v. Klauder (C. C. A.) 34 F.(2d) 594. The question in this case is whether the wage claims are also liens within the meaning of that section. If they are, the Pennsylvania statute (Act of June 12, 1878, P. L. 207, § 1,…