Act No. 190 Section 736

Dividends to be paid in proportion to claim.

Section 736

SEC. 736. Dividends to be paid in proportion to claim. — If there are not assets sufficient to pay the debts of any one of the aforesaid classes, after paying the preceding ones, each creditor within the class for which there are not sufficient assets for payment in full, shall be paid a dividend in proportion to his claim. No creditor of any one class shall receive any payment until those of the preceding class are paid.

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