In re Shaw

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The question for decision is

whether the amount to be allowed to a wage claim in priority out of the bankrupt’s estate is to be determined by paragraph 4, cl. “b,” of section 64, or by paragraph 5 of the same clause. The question has already been decided by the circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit in Re Rouse, Hazard & Co., 1 Am. Bankr. R. 240, 33 C. C. A. 356, 91 Fed. 96, in favor of paragraph 4, and the referee followed this decision. I agree with, the correctness of this ruling, which, indeed, seems to me to be scarcely susceptible of doubt.…