In re Buelow

HANFORD, District Judge.

This is a case of voluntary bankruptcy, in which the petitioners have filed exceptions to the decision of the referee disallowing in part their claim to exempt property. It is quite difficult to ascertain from the.record the real matter in dispute. I will pass upon the questions discussed orally and in the briefs submitted.

The bankrupts claim as a homestead a tract of land situated in the country, which has not been actually occupied as a home by the family during the several years of their residence in the city of Tacoma, while the husband has been carrying on…