Carl E. Belcher, D/B/A Anderson's Fine Foods, and Esther J. Belcher v. Dan E. Turner

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of bankruptcy proceedings in the district court for the District of Kansas. Appellants Carl and Esther Belcher filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in which they claimed as exempt property a side-by-side duplex which they own. The claim was made under the homestead exemption set out in the Kansas Constitution, art. 15, § 9 and Kan.Stat.Ann. § 60-2301. 1 There is no question they are entitled to the exemption as to the one side of the duplex in which they reside. The issue below and on appeal is whether the entire duplex is covered by the…