In re Hall-Luton Coal Mining Co.

SWINFORD, District Judge.

The Hall-Luton Coal Mining Company has been adjudged a bankrupt. The claim of Mrs. Myrtle Brooks based on a compensation award by the Workmen’s Compensation Board of Kentucky was denied by the Referee as a preferred claim. This award was made by the Compensation Board growing out of the death of Mrs. Brooks’ son who was the employee of the Hall-Luton Coal Mining Company.

The question to be determined is whether the entire award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board to Mrs. Brooks is entitled to priority over the claims of general creditors.

Section 2487, Carroll’s…