Harston v. Langston

Appellee Dallas Dumber Company recovered judgment against L. Q. Lang-ston for $648.35, with interest and costs, upon which execution was issued and placed in the hands of appellant Harston, sheriff of Dallas county, who levied upon certain of Langston’s real estate, hut did not sell it, because, as stated in his return, Langston filed with him an affidavit claiming the property as the homestead of himself and family. By motion filed in the suit out of which the execution issued, appellee lumber company alleged that, by reason of the facts stated, the failure of the sheriff to sell the land…