In re Small

GIBSON, District Judge.

In the course of proceedings in the above matter, the referee made an order disallowing the bankrupt’s claim for exemption; also orders disallowing the claims of Simon Kaufman and Walter Aronson, for $2,550 and $1,000, respectively. Henry Small, the bankrupt, and Simon Kaufman and Walter Aronson, claimants, by their attorney, have petitioned for a review of the orders of the referee, and we are now called upon to pass upon the exceptions to said orders.

An examination of the record shows that no direct testimony was offered on behalf of the trustee in opposition to the…