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STURGEON v. STEELE

No. 77-1806.

563 F.2d 1154 (1977)

In re Richard Gene Sturgeon, Bankrupt, and Mabel Louise Sturgeon, Bankrupt. Richard Gene STURGEON and Mabel Louise Sturgeon, Appellants, v. Frederic R. STEELE, Bankruptcy Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Archer, Fairmont, W.Va. (Allan N. Karlin, Morgantown, W.Va., North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society on brief), for appellants.

No argument by appellee.

Before RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Effective June 7, 1974, the individual personal property exemption in West Virginia was increased from $200 to $1,000. On January 29, 1976, the bankrupts, husband and wife, filed their separate voluntary bankruptcy petitions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, and, in the subsequent proceedings, they claimed the benefit of the $200 personal property exemption as against all debts contracted before June 7, 1974...

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