In re Sherk

*206OPINION

By WOODS,

Referee in Bankruptcy.

To the honorable judges of the United States District Court, for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, sitting in bankruptcy:

That in the course of the proceedings, Edward Sherk, bankrupt, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and wife Mary Emma Sherk, on February 18, 1952 filed a request and demand upon Hugh Wells, the trustee, for the sum of $500 in cash as an exemption and allowance as provided in §11738 GC (§2329.81 R. C.), reciting that neither was owner of the homestead and claimed such allowance and exemption in lieu thereof. To this Hugh Wells, trustee,…