In re Shelton

LINDBERG, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on petition of the bankrupt for review of the order of the referee so far as it subjected the bankrupt’s homestead exemption to payment of a portion of the amount due under a mortgage given by bankrupt on the homestead property to the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Everett, Washington, the proceeds of the bankrupt estate being sufficient after payment of prior charges to pay the full amount due under the mortgage as well as the full amount of the statutory homestead exemption. The issue, in substance, becomes one between…