Bartholomew v. Hook

This is an action brought by a wife against the Sheriff of San Joaquin County and others, to enjoin him from selling a certain lot which she claims as a homestead, on an execution against her husband, and to require him to levy upon the personal property of her husband for the satisfaction of the execution. The case was tried by the Court, and a judgment was rendered for the defendants, from which she appeals.

It appears that the house and lot in question has been occupied by the plaintiff and her husband as their homestead ever since June, 1859 ; but no declaration of homestead was made and…