In re Lightstone

HAZEL, District Judge.

' Four years prior to the bankruptcy the bankrupt acquired a house and lot in Rochester, and subsequently gave his son a power of attorney authorizing him to file a petition in bankruptcy and to file a homestead exemption claim under section 1397 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the state of New York. The homestead exemption claim was filed August 17, 1917, and the petition in bankruptcy August 29, 1917. Nearly all the debts of-the creditors whose claims have been proved and allowed herein had been previously contracted and were owing at the time of registering the…