Legal Opinion
In re Sisler
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 25, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On review of a decision of tke referee in bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL, District Judge.
In this case the question presented to the court is the right of the bankrupt to have set apart to him, under *403ihe homestead exemption laws of Virginia, Ms homestead, free from a debt proved in a bankrupt court by a creditor holding notes containing a waiver of the homestead exeiupiion; or, in other words, can such a debt be enforced in a court of bankruptcy against property claimed by the bankrupt as exempt to him as a homestead? The constitution of the state of Virginia (article 11, § 1, p. 48, Code 1887) contains the following homestead provision:
“Every householder or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Linkenhoker's Heirs v. DetrickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re WellsDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1900
- In re MayerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1901
- Fenley v. PoorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
- In re MoranDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1900