Myers v. Matley

(A) The court has decided an important question of local law of Nevada with respect to the right of a wife in a homestead prior to a transfer by operation of the Nevada law, similar to the transfer by operation of law on the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, where the wife has taken no steps to create the homestead prior thereto, in conflict with the applicable Nevada decisions to the contrary. Rule 38, U.S.Sup.Ct, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 354.

This is a dissent to the holding of the majority that the transfer by operation of law under § 70, sub. a of the Bankruptcy Act is the same as a…