In re Bonvillain
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Arthur A. Bonvillain, bankrupt. On an application by the bankrupt for a review of an order of the referee declining to set aside as exempt certain policies on the life of the bankrupt surrendered by him to the trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
In this matter the bankrupt surrendered certain policies of life insurance, but claimed them as exempt by virtue of Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 6, 30 Stat. 548 (Comp. St. 1913, § 9590), and the law of Louisiana (Act 189, adopted July 9, 1914). The trustee declined to set aside the policies as exempt, and the bankrupt applied to the referee for an order to compel him to do so. The referee, however, approved the action of the trustee, on the ground that Act 189 of 1914 is unconstitutional with regard to debts existing before its passage, and therefore without…
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