Duffy v. Tegeler
Decision Date | 11 April 1927 |
Docket Number | 7560.,No. 300,300 |
Citation | 19 F.2d 305 |
Parties | DUFFY v. TEGELER (two cases). |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
Robert P. Roedell, of Dubuque, Iowa (Henry C. Kenline and Herbert J. Hoffmann, both of Dubuque, Iowa, and Leo F. Tierney, of Manchester, Iowa, on the brief), for petitioner and appellant.
Before LEWIS and BOOTH, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, District Judge.
John L. Duffy, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of John H. Tegeler, bankrupt, both by petition to revise and appeal, seeks to review an order entered by the District Court in the bankruptcy proceeding on April 29, 1926. This order confirmed an order of the referee setting aside certain property to the bankrupt as his exemptions under the laws of the state of Iowa.
The order granting the appeal was entered on May 7, 1926. The petition to revise was filed in this court on July 12, 1926. Section 18 of the amendatory Act of May 27, 1926 (44 Stat. 662, 667), reads as follows:
Section 20 of the amendatory act provides that it shall take effect and be in force on and after three months from the date of its approval, to wit, three months from May 27, 1926. Since the petition to revise was filed and the appeal granted before the amendatory act went into force and effect, in our judgment, its provisions relative to appeals in bankruptcy matters are not applicable.
The order which the petitioner and the appellant here seeks to review was entered in a proceeding in bankruptcy, as distinguished from a controversy arising in bankruptcy proceedings. Remington on Bankruptcy (3d Ed.) vol. 8, § 3768; Collier on Bankruptcy (13th Ed.) vol. 1, p. 842; Ingram v. Wilson (C. C. A. 8) 125 F. 913, 915. It was not a final decision allowing or rejecting a claim, and is therefore not appealable under the provisions of section 25a. Remington on Bankruptcy (3d Ed.) vol. 8, § 3733; Collier on Bankruptcy (13th Ed.) vol. 1, p. 843; Holden v. Stratton, 191 U. S. 115, 24 S. Ct. 45, 48 L. Ed. 116; In re Youngstrom (C. C. A. 8) 153 F. 98. It is therefore reviewable only by petition to revise, under which questions of law alone may be considered. Remington on Bankruptcy (3d Ed.) vol. 8, sec. 3768; Ingram v. Wilson, supra; Foster v. McMasters (C. C. A. 8) 15 F.(2d) 751; Taylor, Trustee, et al. v. Voss, Trustee, 271 U. S. 176, 46 S. Ct. 461, 70 L. Ed. 889.
The appeal will therefore be dismissed.
The bankrupt claimed as a homestead exemption, a tract of land 31 acres in area, situated near the town of Dyersville, Iowa. On this tract of land were situated the home of the bankrupt and certain outbuildings used in connection therewith, and also certain buildings used as an amusement park. These latter buildings consisted of a dance hall, a small clubhouse, refreshment stands, and summer cottages. The referee found and adjudged that the 31 acres of land and the dwelling house, a garage, and two chicken houses, and a light plant to the extent of $300, all situated thereon were exempt under the laws of the state of Iowa and set them aside to the bankrupt as his exemptions. The referee found and adjudged that the other buildings situated on the 31-acre tract were not exempt.
On a petition to review the order of the referee, the District Court found that the buildings found and adjudged by the referee's order to be nonexempt were temporary structures, and were not so constructed as to become a part of the land upon which they were situated, and to impart to the land their nonexempt character, and confirmed the order of the referee.
The applicable provisions of the Iowa statutes are found in sections 10135, 10136, 10137, and 10155, Code of Iowa 1924. They read as follows:
At the hearing before the referee, the trustee offered evidence to show that the indebtedness which is the basis of the claim of one of the creditors of the bankrupt, Farmers' State Bank of Dyersville, is an indebtedness which was incurred prior to the acquisition by the bankrupt of the 31-acre tract.
The assignments of error may be considered under two propositions:
First, that the court erred in not finding and adjudging that the land upon which the nonexempt buildings were situated was nonexempt;
Second, that the court erred in refusing to adjudge that the referee erred in rejecting the evidence offered to show that the 31-acre tract was not exempt as to the claim of the Farmers' State Bank of Dyersville.
It will be observed that section 10137, supra, provides that buildings situated upon the homestead actually used and occupied by the owner in the prosecution of his business not exceeding $300 in value shall be appurtenant to the homestead. This clearly contemplates that the homestead may be used, not only for a home, but as a place where the owner may prosecute his ordinary business. It follows, therefore, that the use of the 31-acre tract in part for an amusement park would not of itself render any part of the tract...
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