Skinner v. Dingwell

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court sitting in bankruptcy, holding the debtor not to be a farmer. Appellant filed his petition seeking an opportunity to effect a composition or extension of time to pay his debts under Section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203. He alleged that he was engaged primarily in farming operations and that he personally supervised and operated a 140-acre farm, describing it, situate in Dallas County, Iowa, and that he was unable to meet his debts as they matured, tie attached a schedule containing a statement of his…