In re White

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The bankrupt’s schedules, filed February 6, 1903, contained an express waiver of his right to the statutory exemption. In Schedule B-5, opposite the clause, “Property claimed to be exempt by state laws,” etc., is written “None,” apparently in the handwriting of the gentleman who was then his attorney. On January 25, 1904, he petitioned for leave to amend by inserting a claim to the exemption in place of the word “None,” incorporating in the petition a list of the articles claimed at the value fixed by the appraisers. He averred that the person who prepared the…