Columbia Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Brandenberger
Appellate Court of Illinois
Voluntary Assignment.—Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. R. W. S. Wheatley, Judge, presiding. Appeal. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Freeman
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order of the County Court directing appellant to pay certain labor claims against an insolvent estate.
The statute provides (Lev. Stat., Chap. 10 b, Sec. 6) that all such claims for wages of any laborer or servant shall “ be preferred and first paid to the exclusion of all other demands and claims.” It is further provided (Chap. 38 a), when by the action of creditors the business of any person, firm or corporation shall be suspended or put in the hands of a trustee, all debts for labor shall be treated as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hooven, Owens & Rentschler Co. v. BurdetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co. v. CaldwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Union National Bank v. DoaneIllinois Supreme Court · 1892