In re Van Wert Mach. Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Van Wert Machine Company. On petition for review of orders by a referee allowing the claim of Cora E. Wilson Fitz Gerald for wages as a claim having priority to the extent of $300, and a similar claim of Ernest Fitz Gerald claiming priority to the extent of $260.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
It is not disputed that Cora E. Fitz Gerald was in the bankrupt’s employ as a stenographer, at weekly wages, from January, 1907, to the date of the bankruptcy, January 11, 1908, or that the total of wages earned during that period was $983, $300 of which was earned within three months before the filing of the petition. Nor is it disputed that she received in payment from time to time, on account of wages due her, various sums ranging from 75 cents to $53.70; the first of these payments being May 4, 1907, and the others on different dates in each month thereafter, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Henry C. King Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1902
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