Case ID: ga-l-rep_1/html/0312-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Jackson, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Holland vs. Withers.
    Homestead from Fulton. Bankruptcy. (Before Judge Hammond.)
    Milledge & Smith ; Reed & Reinhardt, for plaintiff in error.
    B. F. Abbott; L. J. Winn, for defendant.
   Jackson, C. J.

Although the head of a family has previously had an exemption by the bankrupt court up to the full value permitted by the constitution of 1868, he can nevertheless have a homestead and exemption of personalty set apart for his family, by virtue of the constitution of 1877. 59 Ga.,330; 67 Id., 68 ; 70 Id., 484; 72 Id., 713.

(a) Exemptions in bankruptcy and under State laws contrasted.

Judgment affirmed.