McCrae v. Felder

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to superintend and revise in matter of law an order in bankruptcy proceedings in which it was directed that there be set apart to the bankrupt a homestead exemption to the extent of $1,000, and no more, in realty claimed by him. The bankrupt brings the petition, contending that he is entitled, not to $1,000 in value of the property claimed by him as exempt, but to. the entire property claimed, which was admittedly worth $5,000. The basis of his claim is that the property had been duly and regularly allotted to him as a homestead under the Constitution…