Coleman v. Williams

This appeal is from a final decree permanently enjoining the sale of real estate decreed to be the homestead of appellee and not subject to execution sale under judgments obtained against appellee and his then wife in actions ex delicto against them.

The 1885 Constitution of Florida contains the following:

“A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of land, or the half of one acre within the limits of any incorporated city or town, owned by the head of a family residing in this State, together with one thousand dollars’ worth of personal property, and the improvements on the real…