In re the Assignment of George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Hosmer, J.) Petition to declare a debt due the petitioner for labor a preferred claim against an insolvent corporation, under Act No. 94, Laws of 1887. Petitioner appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Champlin, O. J.
This appeal is from an order of the circuit court for the county of Wayne, in chancery, adjudging that the claim of petitioner was not entitled to preference as a debt owing to him for labor under the provisions of Act No. 94, Laws of 1887 (3 How. Stat. pp. 3789, 3790).
The George T. Smith Middlings Purifier Company is a corporation, and prior to January 14, 1890, was extensively engaged in building flouring-mills and in the manufacture and sale of milling machinery, and on that date it was insolvent, and made a common-law assignment. The petitioner had been in the employment of…
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