Robert Moody & Son v. Century Savings Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of appeals from judgments of the Circuit Court of Appeals, in a bankruptcy proceeding and the marshaling of proceeds of sale of homestead property in Iowa, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The facts bearing upon the questions presented by this appeal are these: On his voluntary petition Oscar M. Hartzell, a resident of Madison County, Iowa, was adjudged a bankrupt. He owned 960 acres of land in that county, 40 acres of which he and his family had been and were occupying as a homestead. Three mortgages in terms covering all the land had been given by him — the first to Emma Johnson, the second to Moody & Son, and the third to the Century Savings Bank. His wife had joined in the first and third, but not in the second. After he was adjudged a bankrupt, he and his wife executed an…
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