Case Name: In re PAULSON
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1842
Citations: 19 F. Cas. 4
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re PAULSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 19
Pages: 4–5

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,849.
In re PAULSON.
[Betts, Scr. Bk. 75.]
District Court, S. D. New York.
1842.
BAXEllCPTCY — PlUVILEGED CLAIM — MONET Loaned.
This was an application on the part of a creditor asking to have a portion of his claim against the estate of the bankrupt [Leonard Paulson], and which amounted to $57.54, put among the privileged claims. He alleged that he had advanced the money to pay the wages of some operatives, who had been employed by the bankrupt, and he alleged that it was a similar case contemplated by the act in providing that wages should be deemed privileged claims, and paid in full.

Opinion:
THE COURT
say that they cannot allow such a construction of the act The clause applies solely to claims for personal services, such as domestic servants, and could not he construed into a case of money lent.