In re Bocash

ALEXANDER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the bankrupt’s claim of homestead in the house and lot listed by him as part of his bankrupt estate, and claimed by him as exempt after such homestead claim had been rejected by the trustee herein.

That the house and lot in question is exempt as a homestead there can be no question.

The facts before the court are in substance that petitioner bought the house which he claims as exempt under *207the homestead laws, on May 12, 1939, for a consideration of $900.

In the latter part of May, 1939, the bankrupt’s widowed sister and her child,…