Legal Opinion

Leonard Meritz and Paul D. Freed, Bankrupts v. Phil Palmer, Jr., Trustee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 5, 1959No. 17514_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court confirming and adopting and entering as his own the Opinion 1 of the Referee, which denied to Leonard Meritz and Paul David Freed, bankrupts, formerly dba Liberty Plating and Proeessing Company, a partnership; certain listed items of equipment, furniture and fixtures claimed by the bank rupts to be exempt as “tools and apparatus of trade” under Subdivision 5, Article 3832 2 Vernon’s Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas. The claimed items included electrically operated “apparatus”, “apparatus” such as vats,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hickman v. HickmanTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Green v. RaymondTexas Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Saint Louis Type Foundry v. International Live Stock, Printing & Publishing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. McMillan v. DeanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
  5. Hinckley-Tandy Leather Co. v. HazelwoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Smith v. Moody (In Re Moody)District Court, S.D. Texas · 1987
  2. In Re PetersUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1988
  3. In Re SwiftUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1991
  4. In Re TrainerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · 1985
  5. In Re WeissUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1988

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