Wallace v. Peterson

Under an execution on a judgment against Edgar Peterson, defendant, his undivided one-sixth interest in 160 acres of land in York county was sold by the sheriff to-William P. Wallace, plaintiff, for $1,750. Defendant claimed an exempt homestead interest in the land. The district court confirmed the sheriff’s sale and defendant appealed from the confirmation to the supreme court.

The original action was commenced in the county court of Fillmore county to recover the amount due on a promissory note payable by defendant to Wallace & Company, bankers, a corporation, plaintiff. Attached to the…