First Nat. Bank in Stamford v. Jones

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant sued appellee on two promissory notes aggregating approximately $5,000, besides interest and attorneys’ fees, and caused a writ of attachment to issue and be levied on a tract of 175 ½ acres of land in Jones county, which attachment lien was sought to be foreclosed. The defense was that the land upon which the attachment was levied was the homestead of the defendant and not therefore subject to attachment. No issue of fact was raised by the evidence as to ap-pellee’s liability on the notes. On the homestead question the court in his main charge, after…