In re Rafferty

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The question presented by the certificate of the referee in this case is whether the trustee can rightfully sell, as part of the assets of the estate, the interest held by the bankrupts in outlots 578A and 579A in Dubuque, Iowa, or whether the premises are exempt to the bankrupts under the homestead laws of Iowa. The evidence shows that the property was acquired years ago by the father and mother of the Rafferty sisters, and was occupied by the family as their home. The mother died some 13 years ago, and the father about a year after, leaving a family of nine…