Villa v. Van Schaick

The Southern Surety Company, an insurance company organized under the laws of New York and doing business there and in other States, is being liquidated by the state superintendent of insurance. In the course of its business, the Company acted as an insurance carrier for employers in relation to claims under the compensation laws of New York and other States. Upon his first report, the liquidator sought the direction of the state court to pay in full, as preferred under § 34 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of New York, all compensation claimants who had filed preferred claims under the New…