Keyes v. Davie
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington; Edward E. Cushman, Judge. Voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy by the Chehalis River Lumber & Shingle Company, bankrupt, in which W. W. Keyes was trustee. The claim of W. C. Davie to a prior lien was sustained by the referee, whose order was affirmed by the District Court, and the trustee appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
The bankrupt, a corporation, was engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber and shingles. It employed *689approximately 220 men. W. C. Davie, appellee here, was the corporation’s general manager, employed at a salary of $300 per month. The corporation was adjudged a voluntary bankrupt on September 24, 1914. At that time there was due to Davie, as the balance of his salary earned within the six months next prior thereto, the sum of $587.55. For this amount he filed a claim in this proceeding, asserting a lien and priority therefor under and by virtue of the laws of the state…
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