In re Dutcher
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of William Dutcher, bankrupt. On petition to review an order allowing the Title Guaranty & Surety Company a preference under an assignment of certain laborers’ claims for services rendered the bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
A petition has been filed by the trustee and general creditors for a review of the order of the referee granting priority of payment to the assignee of claims of workmen over the general creditors. Prior to June 8, 1911, the bankrupt was engaged in grading certain streets in Aberdeen, Wash., under a con*909tract with the city. The Title Guaranty & Surety Company was surety on the bond given by him to the city, one of the conditions of which was that the wages of workmen should be paid. On said date the bankrupt abandoned the contract, with the work on three streets…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shropshire, Woodliff & Co. v. BushSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- United States ex rel. Anniston Pipe & Foundry Co. v. National Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- United States, ex rel. Fidelity Nat. Bank v. RundleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- United States ex rel. Sica v. KimplandU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1899
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Omaha Bldg. & Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
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- In re F. H. Donovan Painting Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1963
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