Kener v. La Grange Mills

Citations

• 231 U.S. 215
• 34 S. Ct. 83
• 58 L. Ed. 189
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2559

Syllabus

<p>A state constitution cannot exempt property from existing liens nor can Congress give such constitution greater effect; and so held that under the Bankruptcy Act of 1867 as amended, by the act of March 3, 1873, c. 235, 17 Stat. 577, a homestead in Georgia was not exempted from liens which had attached prior to the bankruptcy, notwithstanding provisions in the Georgia Constitution to that effect. Gunn v. Barry, 15 Wall. 610.</p>