Legal Opinion

Oppenheimer v. Howell

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 16, 1882PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from decree of circuit court of Bedford county, pronounced 11th September, 1878, in suit of John Howell against A. Oppenheimer and others, whose executions were levied by the sheriff of said county on goods of Howell in March, 1878. These goods Howell notified the sheriff he claimed as exempt under his homestead deed, which was recorded in the clerk’s office of the county court of said county on 11th February, 1878, and embraced property to the amount of $1,844.50,…

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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Bedford county, pronounced 11th September, 1878, in suit of John Howell against A. Oppenheimer and others, whose executions were levied by the sheriff of said county on goods of Howell in March, 1878. These goods Howell notified the sheriff he claimed as exempt under his homestead deed, which was recorded in the clerk’s office of the county court of said county on 11th February, 1878, and embraced property to the amount of $1,844.50, though he had in 1874, whilst residing in Lynchburg, recorded a homestead deed, wherein he claimed as exempt personal…

1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Bedford county, rendered in a cause wherein the appellee was complainant and the appellants were defendants. The history of the case is as follows : In the year 1874, the appellee, then a resident of the city of Lynchburg, by deed properly executed, made his declaration and claim of homestead in certain articles of household furniture and ■other effects owned by him of the aggregate value of four*220teen hundred and sixty-eight dollars. Some time after this the appellee removed to the county of Bedford, and on the 11th of February, 1878, he,…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Addison v. ReavisDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1993
  2. Homeowner's Finance Corp. v. Pennington (In Re Orville Glen Pennington)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1985
  3. In Re RedmonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
  4. Hatcher v. Crews' Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  5. In Re SutphinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1982

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