In re Brooks

ATWELL, District Judge.

For 20 years the bankrupt and his wife had resided on Washington street, in the city of Greenville. At the time of the wife’s death, in January, 1927, they had a minor child and an adult married son, the first of whom lived with them. On December 24, 1927, he executed a deed conveying this home, together with the furniture therein, to his uncle, to whom he owed a large sum of money. On December 27, 1927, his uncle returned the deed to him, declining to accept it.

On December 26, he married again, and together with his new wife and minor child, took up his residence upon…