People v. Remington
New York Supreme Court
Appeals from an order made at the Jefferson county Special Term and entered in Iierlcimer county, allowing and disallowing claims presented to the receivers of the defendant corporation, by creditors wbo claimed to be entitled to a preference over all other creditors under the provisions of chapter 376 of 1885. April 20, 1886, this action was brought under sections 1785 and 1786 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by the attorney-general, to procure a judgment dissolving the…
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Appeals from an order made at the Jefferson county Special Term and entered in Iierlcimer county, allowing and disallowing claims presented to the receivers of the defendant corporation, by creditors wbo claimed to be entitled to a preference over all other creditors under the provisions of chapter 376 of 1885. April 20, 1886, this action was brought under sections 1785 and 1786 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by the attorney-general, to procure a judgment dissolving the defendant (a corporation organized under chapter 40, Laws of 1848, and the laws amendatory thereof and supplementary…
1Opinion of the Court
Follett, J.:
Chapter 376 of the laws of 1885, provides : “ Where a receiver of a corporation created or organized under the laws of this State, and doing business therein, other than insurance and moneyed corporations, shall be appointed, the wages of the employees, operatives and laborers thereof shall be preferred to every other debt or claim against such corporation, and shall be paid by the receiver from the moneys of such corporation which shall first come to his hands.”
The defendant, from time to time became indebted to its laborers in divers sums for wages earned after the passage of…
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