Burdette v. Jackson
Citations
- 179 F. 229
- 102 C.C.A. 481
- 1910 U.S. App. LEXIS 4630
Syllabus
<p>Bankruptcy (§ 396*) — Exemptions—Cemetery Dots.</p> <p>Code Pub. Gen. Daws Md. 1904, art. 23, § 134, which provides that every burial lot sold or conveyed in a cemetery shall be held for the “sole purpose of sepulture and none other,” and shall not be subject to attachment or execution, nor affected by the insolvent laws, exempts only such lots as are held by the owner for purposes of sepulture, and a bankrupt owning a number of such lots, only one of which is so held, is not entitled to claim exemption in any of the others.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — -For other cases, see Bankruptcy, Dec. Dig. § 396.*]</p>
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Judges: Pritchard
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