In re J. E. Maynard & Co.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of J. E. Maynard & Company. On petition to review a referee’s order declining to approve the acts of trustees setting apart $1,600 out of the bankrupt’s assets as a homestead exemption under the state law.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
The trustee in this case set apart to E. I. Hasten $1,600 out of the sale of the stock of goods as exemption under the Constitution and laws of Georgia.
The referee declined to approve the action of the trustee in setting it apart for the reasons, as he says: Eirst, that there was no sufficient application or schedule filed; second, that there was no sufficient application for the property said to be exempt; and, third, that the purchase money, according to the testimony of the claimant and the other members of the firm, for at least half of the goods in the store at the…
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