Bashinski v. Talbott

Citations

• 119 F. 337
• 56 C.C.A. 241
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4674

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy—Exemptions—Assigned Property.</p> <p>A bankrupt may claim his exemptions allowed by the laws of Georgia from the proceeds of a judgment which he assigned to a trustee for the benefit of creditors, although such assignment constituted a preference under the bankruptcy act, where the assignee never made any attempt to obtain the money or any claim thereto, but after the adjudication in bankruptcy it was paid over to the trustee, by direction of the court, by the bankrupt’s attorney who had collected the same.</p>