Greeley v. Scott
United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Florida
[This was a bill in equity by J. C. Greeley, assignee of Joseph W. Scott, against Joseph W. Scott and wife and others.] Submitted on motion for injunction. The-facts appear in the opinion of the court
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY, Circuit Justice.
The assignee in this case filed the bill to prevent the debtor- and his wife from setting up the right of homestead to a certain tract of land in the neighborhood of Jacksonville, which they claim as such. The whole tract consists of' about forty acres in an unincorporated suburb called East Jacksonville, much of which, has been laid out into building lots, and on which the bankrupt resides, and has a steam sawmill, which he has operated for many years as his principal business. The constitution of Florida, adopted in 1868, reserves to-every head of a family residing…
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