Legal Opinion

Reeseman v. Davenport

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 12, 1895PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Union District Court. — Hon. W. H. Tedeord, Judge. On May ,22, 1894, plaintiff brought this action in equity to enjoin the defendant sheriff from making a sheriff’s deed for certain real estate to the defendant Carter, and to declare that the judgment upon which the sheriff sold the property is not a lien thereon. Decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff, from which ,the defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Given, O. J.

I. The property in question is a.■dwelling house and lot in the town of Crestón, Union county, Iowa. The defendant Carter, being the owner of a judgment against the plaintiff and another, caused an execution to- issue thereon on the twentieth day of' September, 1893, and to be placed in the hands of the-defendant Davenport as sheriff. The sheriff levied upon said house and lot as the property of plaintiff,, and sold the same under said execution to the defendant Carter. Plaintiff claims that said property was exempt to her as a homestead, and that said judgment was not and is not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Morgan v. RountreeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  2. Boot v. BrewsterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
  3. Bradshaw v. HurstSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  4. Van Doran v. MardenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  5. Jones v. BlumensteinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hostetler v. EddySupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. In re MaxsonDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1909
  3. Pueblo v. AcevedoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1912
  4. Whitford v. KinzelNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
  5. In re RaffertyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1901

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