Davis v. Lammons

(Hn D This case involves a claim by a judgment creditor to proceeds of a voluntary sale of exempt homestead property. We hold that under the Mississippi statutes such proceeds are exempt from the garnishment.

For several years prior to 1961, Emmett Lammons and wife owned and occupied as a homestead a house and lot in the City of Jackson. In August, 1961 Henry M. Davis, the appellant, obtained a judgment in the circuit court against Mrs. Lammons in the amount of $1,750, in a tort case involving an automobile accident. In November, 1961 James Parkin obtained a judgment of $1,200 against Mrs.…