In re Irvin

Citations

• 120 F. 733
• 57 C.C.A. 147
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4524

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy — Homestead—Business Block — Occupation as Residence.</p> <p>A bankrupt, six days before his failure, and in contemplation of bankruptcy, moved his family from a rented house formerly occupied by them into a room in his store building, formerly rented as a billiard hall. The building was primarily intended for business purposes, and not for a home, and there had been no previous attempt to make it a homestead. Held, that the building was a homestead under Ark. Const, art. 9, §§ 3, 5, providing for a homestead owned and occupied as a residence and selected by the owner, and for its exemption from execution.</p>