In re Donahey
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of W. M. Donahey, bankrupt. On certificate from referee, passing on exceptions to bankrupt’s claim for $300 exemption.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.
The right of a bankrupt to his exemption is to be determined as of the date when it is claimed. In re O’Hara (D. C.) 20 Am. Bankr. Rep. 714, 162 Fed. 325. And as in this instance he was a resident of Pennsylvania at the time of filing his schedules, where claim was made, it is immaterial that he may now be a fugitive from justice in another state, to which, as it is said, he has withdrawn in order to escape arrest by his wife for desertion. Springer v. Lewis, 22 Pa. 191; McCrary v. Chase, 71 Ala. 540; Caldwell v. Renfro, 99 Mo. App. 376, 73 S. W. 340; 12 Am. & Eng.…
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