Legal Opinion
Dietz v. Becker (In Re Becker)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1998No. BAP 97-6082MNPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, Bankruptcy Judge.
The chapter 7 trustee appeals a determination by the bankruptcy court 1 that the debtors, whose rural-use acreage is abutted on two sides by suburban residential homes, are entitled to a rural homestead exemption under Minnesota law. We affirm.
The debtors filed a voluntary chapter 7 bankruptcy case on October 7,1997, at which time they claimed a rural homestead exemption in the 58 acres upon which' they live, pursuant to Minn.Stat. §§ 510.01, 510.02. The debtors claim that since their acreage is rural in nature they are entitled to exempt the entire 58 acres. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brixius v. ReimringerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- National Bank of Republic of New York v. BanholzerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- In re Smith's EstateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Allstate Financial Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- State ex rel. Chase v. Minnesota Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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- In Re KyllonenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2001
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