J. A. Sloan & Co. v. Fields

ANDERSON, O. J.

The claim of exemptions substantially conformed to the requirements of section 7890 of the Code of 3923, and the trial court did not err in refusing to strike same. It described the property, gave the acreage and value, and recited that it was affiant’s “residence and homestead,” and, if it was his residence, this was the equivalent of saying he resided on the land. In the case of Blum v. Carter, 63 Ala. 235, the affidavit does not appear, but the opinion indicates that it possessed several infirmities that do not appear in the present claim.

It may be doubtful as to the…