Frank Murphy

“ The Bankruptcy Act contains two definitions of the term 'farmer'. Section 1 (17) of the Chandler revision provides: "Farmer' shall mean an individual personally engaged in farming or tillage of the soil, and shall include an individual personally engaged in dairy farming or in the productions of poultry, livestock, or poultry or livestock products in their unmanufactured state, if the principal part of his income is derived from any one or more of uch operations.'
Section 75, sub. ”

“ Starting with the premise that only one of the definitions can stand, respondent contends that § 1 (17) is an implicit repeal of § 75, sub. r. To support the contention, respondent points to the obsolete reference in § 75, sub. r to § 74, 11 U.S.C.A. § 202, and to a statement in a committee report which is said to indicate that Congress intended the definition in § 1 (17) to measure the applicability of § 4, sub. b, 11 U.S.C.A. § 22, sub. b, to persons who claim to be farmers. ”