First National Bank of Owatonna v. Wilson
Decision Date | 29 February 1896 |
Parties | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OWATONNA v. WILSON |
Court | Arkansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court, JAMES S. THOMAS, Judge.
STATEMENT BY THE COURT.
This case arose on a motion to quash a supersedeas issued by a circuit clerk to prevent the sale under execution of land claimed by B. F. Wilson as a homestead. The case was submitted and tried by the circuit court on the following agreed statement of facts, to-wit:
This was all the evidence, and upon these facts the circuit court held that the defendant was entitled to the nine acres of land as a homestead, and denied the motion to quash. From this ruling and judgment an appeal was taken.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
OPINIONRIDDICK, J., (after stating the facts.)
The agreed statement of facts shows that the land claimed by Wilson as a homestead is "in the incorporated town of Brinkley." It was thus situated at the time he established his homestead upon it, the limits of the town having been extended so as to include this land a year or two before it was purchased by him. Our constitution provides that "the homestead in any city, town or village * * * * shall consist of not exceeding one acre of land, * * * provided the same shall not exceed in value the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars," etc. Sec. 5, art. 9, Const. 1874. The right of one who establishes his home in...
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