In re Duble

Citations

• 117 F. 794
• 1902 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy—Claims for Rent in Pennsylvania—Dirtraint—Effect—Custom a Legis.</p> <p>Where, at the time of the failure of a bankrupt firm, it owed more than a year’s rent, and after the firm had been adjudged a bankrupt, but before the selection of a trustee, the landlord distrained for the full amount due, she was not entitled to a preference out of the proceeds of the bankrupt estate by reason of such distraint proceedings, since at the time they were begun the property was in custodia legis,' but was confined to the year’s rent given by the Pennsylvania statute in case of an execution.</p>