In Re Pacific Oil & Meal Co.

JENNEY, District Judge.

This is a proceeding, pending since May 27, 1938, for the reorganization of debtor corporation, under the former Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S. C.A. § 207. Lowell J. Hart filed a claim for services as Secretary and Treasurer of debtor corporation in the amount of' $1,556.81. Priority of payment of this claim, to the extent of $600, was asserted under Section 64b (5) of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, 11 U.S.C.A. § 104(b) (5), on the ground that the same was earned by claimant, as a “clerk”, within three months prior to the commencement of the proceedings. One of…