In re Wittenberg Veneer & Panel Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Bankruptcy. On review of a portion of the order made by the referee respecting the disposition of a fund arising out of fire insur-anee placed upón the property of the bankrupt, and the payment of the loss thereunder.
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In Bankruptcy. On review of a portion of the order made by the referee respecting the disposition of a fund arising out of fire insur-anee placed upón the property of the bankrupt, and the payment of the loss thereunder. The fire bceurred shortly before the commencement of the jiroceedings in bankruptcy, and, the general liability of the insurers being undisputed, they have paid in the amount of the insurance as adjusted, $11,833.35, to be awarded to each claimant as the court shall decree. It is further undisputed'that the Wittenberg Veneer & Tanel Company was not insolvent, within the…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The manufacturing plant and stock of the Wittenberg Yeneer & Panel Company were destroyed by fire on July 23, 1899, and the corporation, becoming insolvent thereby, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, August 1, 1899. Proceedings for involuntary bankruptcy were commenced October 19, 1899. When the fire occurred six insurance policies remained in force, aggregating $12,500,. — -two written in 1898, covering $3,500, and four renewals made June 1, 1899, for $9,000. — and each containing a clause for payment of loss to the mortgagee as its or his…
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