Watson v. Hurlburt
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. The defendants, W. N. Daniels and J. Q. Daniels, partners under tbe firm name of La Grande Creamery Co., commenced an action in tbe Circuit Court for Multnomah County against the plaintiff, D. M. "Watson, to recover $2,430.30 upon an account and on October 22, 1913, attached the real property involved in this suit.
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From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. The defendants, W. N. Daniels and J. Q. Daniels, partners under tbe firm name of La Grande Creamery Co., commenced an action in tbe Circuit Court for Multnomah County against the plaintiff, D. M. "Watson, to recover $2,430.30 upon an account and on October 22, 1913, attached the real property involved in this suit. On October 24, 1913, D. M. Watson, defendant in that action, caused to be served upon the sheriff a notice of claim of homestead exemption. Thereafter on July 1, 1914, the firm obtained a judgment by default in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. Counsel for the defendants contend that the real property is not exempt as a homestead under the statute, except to the amount of $1,500 in value, and that the trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer to defendants’ further and separate answer. Counsel for plaintiffs submit that a tract of land in a city, which does not exceed in area one city lot, having improvements thereon, although it exceeds in value $1,500, is exempt. The case involves the construction of the homestead exemption law. The title of the act reads:
“An Act to exempt homesteads from attachment and judicial sale”: Sess.…
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