Derby v. Worcester County
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
The underlying questions involved in these three cases are the right of the county of Worcester to prove a claim in bankruptcy, and to have priority for the claim if allowed, all under the bankruptcy act of July 1, 1898, c. 541 (30 Stat. 544). The referee allowed the claim, but refused it priority. On appeal to the district court, that court, on the 21st day of July, 1899, entered an order as follows: “It is hereby ordered and decreed that the debt may *810be proved by the county and is entitled to priority, and that the decree of the referee be modified accordingly.” Derby,…
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