Davis v. Builders' Mut. Casualty Co.

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Ap-pellee filed an unsecured claim for unpaid insurance premiums against the estate of the bankrupt. It was allowed in full and given preference to the extent that it represented workmen’s compensation insurance. The present appeal involves merely that part of the degree which gave a preference.

The allowance of a preference was based upon a Wisconsin statute (subsection 1, § 102.28), which reads:

“The whole claim for compensation for the injury or death of any employé or any award or judgment thereon, and any claim for unpaid compensation insurance premiums shall…