In re ELK Valley Coal Mining Co.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Elk Valley Coal Mining Company. Mrs. Sallie J. Thompson having taken steps to have the claims of certain labor claimants re-examined, the referee entered an order requiring her to deposit money sufficient to reimburse certain named known resident claimants for their traveling and hotel expenses which they might incur while attending a meeting for the purpose of being examined as to their claims, and she files a…
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Elk Valley Coal Mining Company. Mrs. Sallie J. Thompson having taken steps to have the claims of certain labor claimants re-examined, the referee entered an order requiring her to deposit money sufficient to reimburse certain named known resident claimants for their traveling and hotel expenses which they might incur while attending a meeting for the purpose of being examined as to their claims, and she files a petition for review.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, District Judge.
Certain debts against the bankrupt asserted to be entitled to priority under the Kentucky Statutes were proved in due form and were allowed by the referee at the first meeting of creditors. Subsequently Mrs. Sallie J. Thompson took steps to have each of these claims re-examined by the referee. At the time appointed for the hearing, namely, on September 24, 1913, the referee entered an order the recitals and details of which will sufficiently explain the situation. The order is as follows;
“At a meeting of the creditors held at the office of Walker Wilkins, in Central…
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- Whitney v. DresserSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- In re George Watkinson & Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1904
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