Lewis F. Blagg v. Irving I. Bass, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Lewis F. Blagg, Bankrupt

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court, Southern District of California, Central Division, which affirmed an order of a Referee in Bankruptcy denying to appellant a homestead exemption.

Appellant, after being adjudicated a bankrupt, claimed a homestead exemption of real property upon which he resided. The Referee in Bankruptcy refused to allow the exemption and this action was confirmed by the District Court upon a petition to review. This appeal followed. Jurisdiction of the court below is based on § 2, sub. a(10) of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C.A. § 11).…