Moran v. King
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for'the AVestern District of Virginia, in Bankruptcy.
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Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for'the AVestern District of Virginia, in Bankruptcy. On the 2d of March, 1900, certain creditors of W. G. Moran, a citizen of the state of Virginia, duly filed their petition in the court of bankruptcy for the Western district of Virginia, asking that said Moran be declared an involuntary bankrupt by reason of alleged preferences to other creditors, and on the 10th of March, 1900, an order was entered adjudicating said Moran an involuntary bankrupt. Previous to the proceedings in bankruptcy, the said Moran, on…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Under the head of "Homestead and Other Exemptions'” the constitution of Virginia (article II, § I) provides that:
“Every householder, or head of a family, shall he entitled, in addition to the articles now exempt from levy or distress for rent, t.o hold exempt from levy, seizure1, garnisheeing or sale, under any execution, order or other pro^ cess issued on any demand for any debt heretofore or hereafter contracted, his real and personal property, or either, including money and debts due him. whether heretofore or hereafter acquired or contracted, to the…
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- In re BermanDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1905
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