Farmer v. Taylor

Bleckley, Judge.

In bankruptcy, a tract of eighty-five acres of land was assigned to a voluntary bankrupt, in 1868, as exempt, under the law of force at that time. The bankrupt’s family then consisted of a wife and seven children under sixteen years of age, their first offspring. The wife died in 1872, and in the following year he intermarried with another. In 1874, he and the second wife conveyed the property to a third person as security for a debt; and the creditor, at the same time, executed a bond for titles, conditioned to reconvey to the bankrupt on payment of the debt. This debt being…