IN RE EDMONSTON

No. 96-1840.

107 F.3d 74 (1997)

In re David B. EDMONSTON, Debtor. David B. EDMONSTON, Appellant, v. Harold B. MURPHY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Desmond, Framingham, MA, for appellant.

Andrew G. Lizotte, with whom Hanify & King was on brief, Boston, MA, for appellee.

Before CYR and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and McAULIFFE, U.S. District Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Chapter 7 debtor David Edmonston challenges a bankruptcy court ruling disallowing his exemption claim to entireties property — the primary residence owned by him and his nondebtor spouse since 1980. Edmonston duly claimed the residence exempt, see Bankruptcy Code § 522(b)(2)(B); Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 209, § 1, estimated its value at $200,000, and indicated that he and his nondebtor spouse were jointly obligated under the $59...

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