Assigned Estate of Childs

Citations

• 135 Pa. 214
• 19 A. 897
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1174

Syllabus

<p>1. A fund for distribution, shown by his account to be in the hands of an assignee for the benefit of creditors, may be distributed by an auditor aj>pointed therefor by the Court of Common Pleas, without the fund haying first been paid into court.</p> <p>2. A claim for wages is not entitled to a preference under the act of April 9, 1872, P. L. 47, and its supplements, when the evidence does not show that the labor was in and about the business in which the assignors were engaged, or in and about the property from the sale of which the fund arose.</p>