In re Yeager
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings against W. Jones Yeager. On certificate to review a referee’s order of distribution.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This is a case of voluntary bankruptcy. The bankrupt had no personalty, except a few tools of his trade, and his only real estate was the undivided interest in a farm. He elected to retain the tools at their value ($5), and claimed the remainder of his exemption ($295) out of the proceeds of the realty when his interest should be sold. The trustee sold it at private sale for $350, and the referee distributed the money, allowing, inter alia, his own commissions and expenses, the trustee’s commissions, and counsel fees to the attorneys both for the bankrupt and…
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