Preston v. Ottawa County Nat. Bank

HALL, C.

The question involved here is the existence of the homestead right or exemption. Plaintiff in error herein, Mrs. Rosa Preston, was a cedefendant in an action in the court below wherein the Ottawa County National Bank was proceeding to foreclose a mortgage executed by the husband of the plaintiff in error, which mortgage covered lots 10 and 11 in block 100 of the city of Miami. The plaintiff in error did not join in the execution of the mortgage.

Plaintiff in error and her husband had lived in Miami a number of years. On their arrival there they purchased the prop erty in question,…