Bank of Montreal v. J. E. Potts Salt & Lumber Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Gartner, J.) Petition for allowance of claim against the estate of an insolvent corporation under Act No. 94, Laws of 1887. The receivers appeal from an order allowing the claim. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is a proceeding by petition to have a claim allowed as a preferred claim against the estate of the J. E. Potts Salt & Lumber Company.
The petitioners are copartners, and engaged in the business of inspecting lumber at Oscoda. The testimony shows that the business of inspecting lumber is conducted by petitioners with the aid of assistants, and consists in making measurements of logs or lumber, and ascertaining and determining their quality. The value of the services rendered does not depend upon the ability to *355compute actual measurements correctly, although this constitutes a portion of…
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- In re the Assignment of George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
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