Schoonover v. Birnbaum

The defendant was the owner of an undivided one-half interest in a lot in Santa Barbara, which, in the year 1897, she selected as a 'homestead, by declaration to that effect duly executed and recorded. Subsequently she was adjudged a bankrupt under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Law of the United States, and the plaintiff was duly appointed as trustee in bankruptcy of her estate. The suit was instituted by the plaintiff to declare the so-called homestead invalid, and is based solely upon the ground that under the laws of this state a valid homestead cannot be selected or created upon land…