In re Tilden

WOOLSON, District Judge.

Winfield Tilden was duly adjudged a bankrupt, and his voluntary petition, with accompanying schedules, etc., was referred to S. S. Ethridge, Esq., as referee in bankruptcy. *501Among the property scheduled was the homestead of said Tilden, actually occupied by him as such, and claimed to be exempt property at time his petition was filed herein. At that date there were outstanding, on the proper tax books, as taxes against said homestead, the taxes now under consideration. The bankrupt having called upon the trustee to pay such taxes, the trustee applied to the referee for…