Cantrell v. Molz-Frick Implement Co.

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the Kansas District Court's affirmance of a referee’s ruling that appellee bankrupt farmer’s combine is exempt and therefore does not pass to appellant bankruptcy trustee for the benefit of creditors. Appellee Molz-Frick Implement Company is the mortgagee of the combine.

Everyone knows that exemptions allowed by state law are preserved in federal bankruptcy proceedings. See Bankruptcy Act, § 6, 11 U.S.C.A. § 24. And, the law of Kansas declares that:

“Every person residing in this state, and being the head of a family, shall have exempt * * * the…