Crowell v. Theodore Bender Accounting, Inc. (In Re Crowell)

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

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FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Charles R. Crowell filed for Chapter 13 reorganization on January 4, 1988. Crowell claimed a rural homestead exemption under Texas law for a forty-two (42) acre tract of land within the city limits of Keller, Texas. Theodore Bender Accounting, Inc. (“Bender”) had a lien on the forty-two acres. The Chapter 13 Trustee objected to the designation of all forty-two acres as exempt rural homestead. Thereafter, Crowell initiated an adversary proceeding to invalidate Bender’s lien, and Bender counter-claimed asserting the validity of its lien…