Legal Opinion
In Re Estey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 6, 1934PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The bankrupt ran a business school. The claimant filed a priority wage claim for $179, the amount owed to her for services as a teacher in the school. The trustee in bankruptcy objected to the allowance of the claim as a prior one. The referee Sustained the trustee’s objection and disallowed the claim as one entitled to priority. He allowed it as a general claim.
The Bankruptcy Act, § 64b (5), 11 USCA § 104 (b) (5), gives priority to wages earned within three months by “workmen, clerks, traveling or city salesmen, or servants,” up to the sum of $600. Originally (11…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Blessing v. BlanchardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- In re A. O. Brown & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1909
- Ellis v. YounieIdaho Supreme Court · 1928
3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Public Ledger, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
- In the Matter of Sleep Products, Inc., BankruptDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- In Re Paradise Catering CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1941
- In Re Inland Waterways, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1947
- In Re Saint Joseph's HospitalUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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