In re Moran

PAUL, District Judge.

In this matter the referee certifies to the judge of this court the question of the right of the bankrupt to amend his schedules so as to enlarge the exemptions beyond those claimed in the schedules made in pursuance of an order of adjudication in involuntary bankruptcy. On the 24th day of November, 1899, the said W. G. Moran executed a deed of trust on certain property, wherein he made one J. D. Smith, to whom he owed $900, a preferred creditor. On the 3d day of February, 1900, he executed another deed of trust, in which he gave a preference to the People’s National Bank…