In re Slomka
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in Bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The order under review allowed priority of payment out of the assets of the bankrupt to debts owing to employés of the bankrupt for wages, notwithstanding the wages were not earned within three months before the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy. These wages had been earned prior to April 14, 1900. On that day the bankrupt made a general assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The petition in bankruptcy was filed July 16, 1900. The court below ordered priority in view of the state statute, which provides that in all distributions of assets under general…
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