In re McDavid Limber Co.
District Court, N.D. Florida
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the McDavid Lumber Company. On petition of William F. Lee to review a referee’s ruling denying priority of liens for services rendered as defendant’s bookkeeper as against certain chattel mortgages on the bankrupt’s assets.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPPARD, District Judge.
This cause comes here for consideration on petition of Wm. F. Lee for review of the ruling of C. L. Shine, Esq., referee in bankruptcy, and involves the question of priority of liens attaching to the lumber and other product of a sawmill plant in due course of administration in a court of bankruptcy.
The McDavid Lumber Company, bankrupt, was lately engaged in manufacturing lumber and operated a large plant when proceedings in bankruptcy were begun. The company was adjudicated a bankrupt in June, 1910. Wm. F. Lee was employed as bookkeeper for the company, and by his…
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