Johnson v. Burgus (In re Burgus)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHABAZ, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Debtor Philip M. Burgus filed a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy petition on May 17, 1990. Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute § 990.01(14) and 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(2)(A) the debtor filed a claim seeking a homestead exemption for a twenty-five acre parcel of land.

Creditor Karen Johnson objected to the debtor’s claimed exemption of the twenty-five acre parcel and contended that the debtor was entitled to claim as an exemption only one acre of the twenty-five acre parcel.

On December 6, 1990, the Honorable Robert D. Martin, United States Bankruptcy Judge, issued…