Jones v. DeGraffenreid
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 29th June, 1874, by E. T. DeGraffenreid, against James Jones; and sought principally to establish and secure the complainant’s right to a homestead exemption in certain lands, of which he had possession, against the claim of the defendant as a purchaser at sheriff’s sale under execution against him.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. The bill in this case was filed on the 29th June, 1874, by E. T. DeGraffenreid, against James Jones; and sought principally to establish and secure the complainant’s right to a homestead exemption in certain lands, of which he had possession, against the claim of the defendant as a purchaser at sheriff’s sale under execution against him. The complainant was, and alleged that he had been continuously since 1860, a citizen of said county, and the head of a family; and he resided on a tract of land which he had owned,…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
We agree with the chancellor, that there is nothing in this record which authorizes the reformation of the allotment of homestead, made by the commissioners. They selected and allotted the west half of the south-west quarter of section seventeen, and the west half of the northwest quarter of section twenty, township twenty-three, range one, west; and appellee’s claim must be limited to those particular numbers of land. According to the testimony, they embrace the residence of DeGraffenreid, and most of the out-buildings. We think the allotment was sufficiently certain and definite, under…
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