In re Haskell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Elbert E- Haskell, bankrupt. On review of orders of the referee.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.,
The questions presented by the trustee’s petition for review concern orders of Mr. Referee Stetson- allowing two claims for wages. The proofs were made by Emory P. Gibbs, who claims payment for labor performed by his minor son, William C. Gibbs. The first claim for $120.94 was reduced to judgment against the bankrupt before the filing of the bankruptcy petition; the second claim, for $18, is on ah open account.
[1, 2] The trustee objects to both claims upon the ground that the proof should have been made by the son and not by his father. The presumption is that a father…
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