In re Bell

KILKENNY, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a certificate of review on the petition of the bankrupt for review-of the Referee’s order limiting the bankrupt’s exemption in a certain houseboat to $3,000. The precise question presented is -as follows:

Whether a houseboat, which is the actual abode of the owner, should be classed as a homestead under ORS 1 23.240 et seq. thereby granting the owner an exemption to the extent of $7,500, or whether it should be classed as a mobile home under ORS 23.164, thereby limiting the exemption to $3,000.

I am of the opinion that the houseboat is…