Burrow, Jones & Dyer Shoe Co. v. Wallace
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Petition to Superintend and Revise from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama; George W. Jack, Judge. In the matter of Mollie Wallace, bankrupt. Petition by the Burrow, Jones & Dyer Shoe Company to revise an order of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WAEKER, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, a creditor of the bankrupt, complains pf the action of the court in overruling exceptions to an order of the referee which allowed to the bankrupt as her homestead a house and .the lot upon which it is located, which the bankrupt had duly claimed as her homestead several years before the institution of the bankruptcy proceeding. In behalf of the petitioner it is contended that the adaptation to and use of a portion of the building' for business purposes had the effect of preventing the bankrupt from successfully claiming the property as an exempt…
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