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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, § 31

Settlement by receivers

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Section 31. The following claims shall, in the settlement of estates by receivers, be entitled to priority in the order named:

First, Debts due the United States or debts due, or taxes assessed by, the commonwealth or a county, city or town therein.

Second, Wages to an amount of not more than one hundred dollars due an operative, clerk or servant for labor, either performed within one year last preceding the appointment of the receiver or for the payment for which a suit, which was commenced within one year after the performance of the labor, is pending or was terminated within one year after said appointment.

Third, Debts to an amount of not more than fifty dollars due physicians for medical attendance on the debtor or his family, rendered within six months prior to said appointment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1922–1931 · leading case: Hamilton Manufacturing Co. v. City of Lowell
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Hamilton Manufacturing Co. v. City of Lowell (1931) mass “The rights and obligations arising from agreement between the complainant and the purchaser were of no legal interest to the collector of taxes charged with the performance of independent duties under the statutes as a public officer.”
Commonwealth v. Commissioner of Banks (1922) mass “G. L. c. 206, § 31. In view of these express preferences established by statute, which are not uniform nor coextensive but place estates of deceased persons upon a different footing from estates settled by receivers- or under the insolvency laws, the omission of any such…”
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