In re Reinhart
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Bankruptcy. On review of referee’s decision approving the action of the trustee in setting apart property to the bankrupt as a homestead exemption.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The applicant for homestead exemption in this case is J. Y. Reinhart. He conducted a small business in fruit and similar produce, but, failing in business, was adjudged a bankrupt, and now seeks such homestead exemption out of the proceeds of his estate as will be allowed by the law of Georgia and the bankruptcy act. The trustee set apart to the bankrupt certain1 personal property as an exemption, under article 9, § 1, of the constitution of the state of Georgia. This permits an exemption to the head of a family, in real estate or personalty, or both, to the value in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shipley v. EiswaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- Mitchell v. WolfeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883