v0802-313

No. 2245

United States

Circuit Court of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

In re

BENJAMIN C. CRANDALL,

A Bankrupt.

Wm. H. Moore, Jr., Trustee,

Petitioner,

vs.

Nellie M. Crandall,

Respondent.

BRIEF FOR RESPONDENT.

It will be observed that in the case at bar, to-wit:

the Crandall case, the wife, Nellie M. Crandall, had

previously loaned out of her separate property a con-

siderable sum of money to bankrupt Tr. p. 8, the in-

ference being that the same had gone to establish the

business now in bankruptcy. It will be observed that

the duties that Mrs. Crandall was performing in the

store were in addition to the normal duties devolving

upon a wife merely by virtue of the marriage status.

That is, there is no contention that Mrs. Crandall neg-

lected her household duties or that the bankrupt paid

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