Southern Railway Co. v. Cole

In the petition as amended of H. R. Cole, as trustee in bankruptcy of Jessie Elton McEwen, against the Southern Railway Company, to recover the sum of $134.14 alleged as due by that company to the bankrupt, it was alleged that the sum sued for was “wages earned” by McEwen from December 1, 1932, to 'December 23, 1932, inclusive, that' McEwen filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on December 23, 1932, and on the same day was adjudicated a bankrupt, that after, the adjudication of bankruptcy the defendant, without knowledge of the filing of the petition for bankruptcy and of the adjudication…