In re Matson

M.D. Pennsylvania

In re Matson

123 F. 743, 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 248

CourtDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

DecidedJune 2, 1903

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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In re Matson, 123 F. 743, 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 248 (M.D. Pa. 1903).

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ARCHBALD, District Judge.

No doubt the respondent, as the owner of a farm and lately engaged in its cultivation, would, in common parlance, be classed as a “farmer.” But while he still owns his farm and resides upon it, he has leased it for the current year on a [744]*744money rent to his son, and had at the time the petition in bankruptcy was filed against him. He is not now, in consequence, engaged' in farming, within the meaning of the act, any more than any one who owns a farm, but has committed its tillage to another, and he is to be judged by his present occupation, and not by his past; nor can we speculate as to what he may do in the future. On the agreed statement of facts, therefore, the petition must be sustained, and the respondent adjudged a bankrupt.

Let a formal order to that effect be drawn.

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ARCHBALD, District Judge.

No doubt the respondent, as the owner of a farm and lately engaged in its cultivation, would, in common parlance, be classed as a “farmer.” But while he still owns his farm and resides upon it, he has leased it for the current year on a [744]*744money rent to his son, and had at the time the petition in bankruptcy was filed against him. He is not now, in consequence, engaged' in farming, within the meaning of the act, any more than any one who owns a farm, but has committed its tillage to another, and he is to be judged by his present occupation, and not by his past; nor can we speculate as to what he may do in the future. On the agreed statement of facts, therefore, the petition must be sustained, and the respondent adjudged a bankrupt.

Let a formal order to that effect be drawn.

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