SHROPSHIRE, WOODLIFF & CO. v. BUSH

No. 416.

204 U.S. 186 (1907)

SHROPSHIRE, WOODLIFF & CO. v. BUSH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Benjamin and Mr. Rutherford Lapsley for appellant.

Mr. George D. Lancaster, Mr. John P. Tillman and Mr. J.H. Beal, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellees are trustees of the bankrupt estate of the Southern Car and Foundry Company. The appellants, before the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy, acquired by purchase and assignment a large number of claims for wages of workmen and servants, none exceeding $300 in amount, and all earned within three months before the date of the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy. The District Court...

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