Evans v. Florida Nat. Bank

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was adjudged a bankrupt under an involuntary petition. The right to maintain the proceeding was contested on the ground that appellant was a “person engaged chiefly in farming” within the meaning of the exception contained in section 4 (b) of the Bankruptcy Act (11 USCA § 22 (b), which keeps a natural person so engaged from being subject to be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt.

The facts as to appellant’s relation to farming were not in dispute. Individually he owned and operated farms aggregating about 3,000 acres. He participated in operating farms…