In re Wells

Acheson, I). J.

Thomas Pomeroy claims to be paid in full, out of the estate of the bankrupt, $19.95, being a balance due him for wages of labor. There are a number of claims in all respects similar; and, as the determination of one will practically dispose of all, the case deserves careful consideration. The facts are as follows:

George W. Wells filed a petition for his adjudication as a bankrupt on February 22, 1878, but, before anything further was done in the case, submitted to his creditors a proposition for a composition, viz.: to pay them 50 per cent, of their claims in instalments, to be…