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IN RE McFRANCIS

No. 1935.

22 F.Supp. 581 (1938)

In re McFRANCIS.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 9, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cole, Patterson & Cole and S. Lieberman, all of Houston, Texas, for bankrupt.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Wharton and J. C. Hutcheson, III, all of Houston, Tex., for trustee.

ERVIN, District Judge.

This case involves the construction of the Texas exemption statute which exempts to the head of a family "all tools, apparatus and books belonging to any trade or profession."

This statute was construed by the Texas Supreme Court in Willis v. Morris, 66 Tex. 628, 1 S.W. 799, 803, 59 Am. Rep. 634, where the court said: "Expensive and complicated machinery propelled by steam-power, or any power other than hand, is not exempt as `tools...

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