LEWIS v. MORRISON SUPPLY COMPANY

No. 15787.

231 F.2d 632 (1956)

W. A. LEWIS, Bankrupt, Appellant, v. MORRISON SUPPLY COMPANY, Creditor, and Edwin T. Stitt, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Griffith, Jr., Lubbock, Tex., for appellant.

Thorp A. Andrews, Fort Worth, Tex., Edwin T. Stitt, County Judge, Midland, Tex., Robert C. Carson, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the district court sustaining, without opinion, the findings, conclusions, and order of the referee that the bankrupt was not entitled to a business homestead in Odessa, which was claimed by him as exempt under art. 3833, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.

The matter comes up in this way. On February 2, 1955, the appellant herein filed his voluntary petition...

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