In re Southern Co. of Baltimore City
District Court, D. Maryland
In re Southern Company of Baltimore City, bankrupt. Claim of landlord for priority for rent due at the time of adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
The bankrupt corporation was lessee of a hotel building in Baltimore City and owed the landlord $875 rent which had fallen due before the date of the adjudication and remained unpaid. There was sufficient chattel property on the premises subject to distraint to have satisfied the rent if the landlord had exercised his remedy by distraint. The chattels were taken into possession by the receivers ap'pointed by this court and sold under orders of court, and the landlord now petitions to be paid out of the proceeds.
The landlord claims that growing out of his right to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gaither v. StockbridgeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
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- In re WynneU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1868
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