Dunn v. Eckhardt
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 Texas; Waller T. Burns, Judge. In the matter of C. Eckhardt & Sons and William Eckhardt, bankrupts. Petition by W. PI. Dunn, trustee of bankrupts, to superintend and revise a decree sustaining homestead exemption of William Eck-hardt.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
William Eckhardt, adjudged a bankrupt, claimed as exempt the property in controversy as part of his homestead. The trustee scheduled the property as part of the estate to be administered. An order of the referee, substantially confirming the action of the trustee, was reviewed by the District Judge. The bankrupt’s exemptions were sustained, and the property decreed to be the business homestead of the bankrupt. The trustee has filed with this court a petition for review.
In 1866, William Eckhardt and family established their residence and business homestead on the west half…
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