In re Murray

MEMORANDUM

MEREDITH, District Judge.

This matter is pending on a petition by the bankrupt for review of the Referee’s overruling of the bankrupt’s exception to the Report of Exempt Property filed by his trustee in bankruptcy. Petitioner excepted to the disallowance of the exemptions claimed as a “head of the family” under sections 513.435 and 513.440, R.S.Mo.1959, V.A.M.S.

The question certified by the Referee for consideration by this Court is whether the bankrupt, as of his bankruptcy on May 9,1967, is entitled to exemption provided by Missouri statute to a head of the family.

The bankrupt was…