In re Meriwether
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
In Bankruptcy. On questions certified by referee relating to the bankrupt’s claim to exemptions. The bankrupt, a resident of the state of Arkansas, and the head of a family, carried on a mercantile business under the firm name and style of Meriwether & Taylor. . The. only .evidence introduced tends to show that.
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In Bankruptcy. On questions certified by referee relating to the bankrupt’s claim to exemptions. The bankrupt, a resident of the state of Arkansas, and the head of a family, carried on a mercantile business under the firm name and style of Meriwether & Taylor. . The. only .evidence introduced tends to show that. Taylor had no interest whatever in the. business, but was only a clerk, receiving a monthly salary- from Meriwether; who was the owner of the business, and had contributed all the capital used in the business. Only for a very short time in 1898 did Taylor remain as a partner in the…
1Opinion of the Court
TRIERER, District Judge.
Under the bankrupt laws, the exemption laws of (he state in which the bankrupt resides regulate the exemptions allowed to a bankrupt. Steele v. Buel (C. C. A.; 8th Cir.) 104 Fed. 968; In re Durham (D. C.) 104 Fed. 231; Richardson v. Woodward (C. C. A.; 4th Cir.) 104 Fed. 873. This court is therefore concluded by the decisions of the highest court of this state construing the exemption law’s of Arkansas. That partners cannot claim exemption of partnership property is the settled law of the state. Richardson v. Adler, 46 Ark. 43; Porch v. Milling Co., 65 Ark. 40, 45 S.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Steele v. BuelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Richardson v. Adler, Goldman & Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
- Richardson v. WoodwardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1900
- In re HandlinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Arkansas · 1875
- In re DurhamDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1900
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