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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. 7,616.
    In re KASSON.
    [4 Law Rep. 489.]
    District Court, S. D. New York.
    April, 1842.
    Bankruptcy — Wearing Apparel — Property op Wife.
    1. Articles of jewelry belonging to. a bankrupt. do not come under the description of wearing apparel, and if not set apart by the assignee, must be surrendered to him.
    2. Articles of a similar nature, belonging to the wife of a bankrupt, if belonging to her be-fore her marriage, do not vest in the assignee— or if presented to her since, and they are such ns are suitable to her condition and circumstances in life, they may likewise be retained by her.
    3. Whether they are suitable or not. is a question of fact, to be determined by evidence before a commissioner, on a reference upon exceptions taken to the decision of the assignee.
    fin the matter of Chester S. Kasson, a bankrupt.]
    [Before BETTS. District Judge.]
   [Nowhere more fully reported; opinion not now accessible.]