Woodward v. Sanger Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Petition to Superintend and Revise from the District Court of the Únited States for the Western District of Texas; Duval West, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Sarah Catherine Woodward. The bankrupt scheduled land as exempt as part of her rural homestead, and A. Robinson, trustee, filed his report on exemptions omitting the land.
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Petition to Superintend and Revise from the District Court of the Únited States for the Western District of Texas; Duval West, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Sarah Catherine Woodward. The bankrupt scheduled land as exempt as part of her rural homestead, and A. Robinson, trustee, filed his report on exemptions omitting the land. The referee sustained exceptions of the bankrupt to the trustee's report and held tire land exempt, whereupon the trustee and Sanger Bros, petitioned for review of the referee’s order. The District Court having reversed the decision of the referee and…
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
Sarah Catherine Woodward, bankrupt, scheduled as exempt property 59% acres of land, as a part of her rural homestead. The trustee filed iiis report on exemptions omitting the land. The referee in bankruptcy sustained exceptions of the bankrupt to the trustee’s report excluding the land from exemptions, and held it exempt. The trustee filed a petition for review of the referee’s order, and the District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed the decision of the referee and directed the trustee to schedule the land as a part of the assets of the estate of the…
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