Breneman v. Corrigan

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

September 21, 1921, Breneman was adjudged a bankrupt by the court below, and his petition therefor and schedules were duly referred by the court to its referee in bankruptcy. In the latter the bankrupt claimed as a homestead a certain described plot of land aggregating about 22% acres, by reason of having lived and occupied it as his home since the year 1914; thereafter the respondent, Corrigan, was elected trustee of the bankrupt’s estate and qualified as such. The trustee rejected the claim, and thereupon the bankrupt filed with the referee a verified petition, setting…