In re Boorstin
District Court, N.D. Georgia
In Bankruptcy. On review of referee's decision denying the bankrupt’s claim to exemptions. The following is the report of the referee, Clifford M. Walker: B. Boorstin, a merchant of Covington, Ga., was on December 23, 1901, adjudicated bankrupt on his own petition. He scheduled debts aggregating $8,151.96. His assets he schedules as a stock of goods worth $2,000, and open accounts worth $500. The first meeting of creditors was held January 6, 1892, and a trustee elected.
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In Bankruptcy. On review of referee's decision denying the bankrupt’s claim to exemptions. The following is the report of the referee, Clifford M. Walker: B. Boorstin, a merchant of Covington, Ga., was on December 23, 1901, adjudicated bankrupt on his own petition. He scheduled debts aggregating $8,151.96. His assets he schedules as a stock of goods worth $2,000, and open accounts worth $500. The first meeting of creditors was held January 6, 1892, and a trustee elected. The trustee filed his report, setting aside homestead exemption in certain articles of merchandise composing a part of his…
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
The above is the report of the referee on the right of the bankrupt to have the exemption allowed by the constitution and laws of Georgia out of his stock of merchandise, which has passed into the hands of his trustee in bankruptcy. The referee, as will be seen, refuses to approve the exemption. In view of the fact that counsel were somewhat restricted in their oral argument before the court on these exceptions, I have examined the evidence in the case, and the entire record, very carefully, and have considered the casé, as counsel for the bankrupt urges it should be…
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- In re StephensDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1902
- In re WilliamsonDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1901
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