Perry
Perry v. Baumann
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Mathews, J.
This appeal is from an order dismissing a proceeding by appellant, William H. Perry, under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203 .
Appellant’s petition alleged that he was primarily bona fide personally engaged in producing products of the soil and derived the principal part of his income from such operations. Thus, in effect, the petition alleged that appellant was a farmer within the meaning of § 75. 1 Appellees, *410 Anna Baumann, Maud E. Lane and Lane Mortgage Company, as trustee for George A. Hendricks and others, creditors of appellant, filed motions to dismiss the proceeding. The motions of Anna Baumann and Lane Mortgage Company were on the ground that appellant was not primarily bona fide personally engaged in producing products of the soil, did not derive the principal part of his income from such operations and was not a farmer within the meaning of § 75. Maud E. Lane’s motion was on the ground just mentioned and two others, namely, that the proceeding was not instituted in good faith, and that it was impossible for appellant to rehabilitate himself or to offer his creditors a fair, just or equitable composition.