Jeffreys v. . Hocutt

The execution issued on 14 December, 1921, was returnable to the February Term, 1922. This term began on Monday, 20 February, and ended on Saturday, 4 March. The sale was made on the first day of the next term, which was 13 March, the plaintiff laying no claim to,a homestead exemption. Whether the sale was valid is the sole question for decision.

At common law the king had a right of execution against lands as well as goods, because the debtor held mediately or immediately from the king and was regarded as bound, not only in person, but as the tenant of a feud; but lands were not subject to…