First Nat. Bank of Wilkes-Barre v. Barnum
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. On certificate of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.
These are involuntary proceedings, and are resisted by the respondent on the grounds: (1) That he is a wage-earner; and (2) that the petitioners 'are not creditors. It appears, as to the first, that the respondent is a music teacher, giving lessons on the piano, • organ, violin, and mandolin, at 50 cents an hour, earning from $35 to $40 a month,-or a little less than $500 a year,'some pupils coming to his house for instruction, and others being taught at their own homes. This constitutes his livelihood, in addition to which, however, he has a summer cottage at…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Goodhart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Angle v. North-Western Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Shenandoah Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Commonwealth ex rel. Wolfe v. ButlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Matter of StrykerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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- Washington Finance Corp. v. GlassWashington Supreme Court · 1913
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