Steiner v. Marshall

Citations

• 140 F. 710
• 72 C.C.A. 103
• 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 3955

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy — Petition for Review in Matter of Law — Requisites.</p> <p>A petition to review proceedings in bankruptcy in matters of law, under Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 24b, 30 Stat 553 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3432], must set out the facts or findings of fact on which the matters of law sought to be reviewed arise.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Appeal and review in bankruptcy cases, see In re Eggert 43 C. C. A. 9.]</p> <p>2. Same — Exemptions—Appliances of Trade'or Profession.</p> <p>Under Code Pub. Gen. Laws Md. art. 83, § 11, which provides that “all tools or other mechanical instruments or appliances moved or worked by hand or foot, necessary to the practice of any trade or profession, and used in the practice thereof, shall be exempt from execution,” a bankrupt who is an undertaker is entitled to hold as exempt such tools, instruments, and appliances as are found by the court to be necessary to the practice of his profession and to be used by him in the practice thereof; the words “moved or worked by hand or foot” in the statute evidently applying only to machinery.</p>