Legal Opinion
Home Indemnity Co. v. F. H. Donovan Painting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1963No. 17330PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal in a bankruptcy proceeding presents the following questions for our determination:
1. Whether the sum of $39,711.11 paid as wages by The Home Indemnity Company (Surety) between the date of contractual default (March 31, 1960) of F. H. Donovan Painting Co., Inc. (Bankrupt), and the date of Donovan’s bankruptcy (May 4, 1960), constituted wages within the meaning of §§ 64, sub. a(2) of the Bankruptcy Act, Title 11 U.S.C.A. § 104, sub. a(2), requiring allowance as a wage priority claim.
2. Whether the wage priority claim allowed in favor of Surety in the amount of…
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