Legal Opinion
In Re Towers
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 19, 1956No. 13583PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALBERT, District Judge.
The bankrupt, as petitioner here, has filed with this Court a petition for a review of the order of the Referee determining exempt property, wherein the Referee fixed at $3,000 the amount of a homestead exemption to be allowed to the bankrupt under § 6 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 24 in accordance with the laws of the State of California, Civil Code, § 1260.
Briefly, the facts are that the bankrupt executed and recorded a declaration of homestead (the validity of which is not questioned) on December 22, 1953, in which he alleged the declaration was made as a…
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