Legal Opinion
Lee v. Hale
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 20, 1886PublishedCited by 2 opinions
• Homestead. Dower. Title. Husband and Wife. Defore Judge Stewart. Pike Superior Court. October Term, 1885. Reported in the decision,
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
An execution in favor of Lee against Mrs. Hale was levied upon her life estate, it being dower set apart to her out of certain lands. She met the levy with an affidavit of illegality, setting up homestead to her and family in the lands levied on; and the case was submitted to Judge Stewart on the following state of facts:
“It is agreed that the land levied on was regularly set apart to Emeline Hale, defendant in fi. fa., as the head of a family, out of her husband’s lands after his death in March, 1874; that after this, R. Y. Beckham was appointed administrator on the…
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