In re Westlund’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 district ·

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1. ““Sec. 64. Debts which have priority.— ... 5. The debts to have priority, except as herein provided, and to be paid in full out of bankrupt estates, and the order of payment, shall be . . . (4) wages due to workmen, clerks, or servants which have been earned within three months before the date of the commencement of proceedings, not to exceed $300 to ' each claimant; . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shropshire, Woodliff & Co. v. Bush

2. ““No right to priority arises or exists until the proceeding in bankruptcy is instituted, and then the wages assigned are not ‘due to workmen, clerks or .servants,’ but to their assignees, and are outside the language of this clause.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Fuller & Bennett