Legal Opinion
Gelatt v. DeDakis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 17, 1977No. 75-32PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrahamson, J.
Two questions are presented on this appeal: First, whether the provisions of ch. 128, Stats., relating to the appointment of a receiver for an insolvent corporation have been suspended by the national Bankruptcy Act, Title 11, U.S.C.A. Second, whether in this ch. 128 proceeding, the claim of James S. Gelatt, an officer-shareholder, for advances made to his corporation was properly subordinated to the claims of other general creditors on the theory that the advances, though in form loans, were in substance contributions to capital.
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