Bank of Columbia v. Gibbes
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Richland, May, 1898. Application by Mrs. Caroline S. Gibbes for homestead against judgment obtained against her in the Bank of Columbia v. J. Wilson Gibbes and Mrs. Caroline Gibbes. From order overruling exceptions to return of appraisers, plaintiff appeals. Art. III., sec. 28, Con.; 19 S. C., 243; 20 S. C., 249; 24 S. C., 36; 28 S. C., 521. 21 S. C., 381; 25 111., 610; 104 111., 104; Rev. Stat., 2126; art. III., sec. 28, Con.; 22 Stat., 190.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by .
Mr. Justice Jones.
In proceedings under a judgment entered in 1897, in favor of appellant against respondents, homestead appraisers assigned to the judgment debtor, Mrs. Caroline Gibbes, by metes and bounds, as a homestead, a lot with dwelling house thereon, in the city of Columbia, in which she owned only a life estate, valued by the appraisers at $800, the fee simple value of the premises being placed at $5,000, and the premises reported to be indivisible. From the decree of the Circuit Court, overruling exceptions to this return and approving said…
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