Bowman v. His Creditors
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Alameda County setting apart a homestead to an insolvent debtor. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
Bowman was adjudged an insolvent under the Insolvent Act of 1880. No homestead had been selected by him under the homestead laws of the state prior to the adjudication. A lot of land upon which he had never resided was set apart to him as a homestead by the insolvency court by virtue of the provisions of section 60 of the act of 1880, which declares: “It shall be the duty of the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings to exempt and set apart for the use and benefit of said insolvent such real and personal property as is by law exempt from execution, and also a homestead in the manner…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Estate of BusseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
3Cited by4 opinions
- Estate of HenningsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
- In Re Estate of GallagherCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
- Estate of Green, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1888
- Estate of Hessler, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco1895