Ran v. City Nat. Bank of Decatur

G. C. Ran and wife, Bertha Ran, have appealed from a judgment in favor of the City National Bank of Decatur, foreclosing a mortgage lien on a tract of 258% acres of land situated in Wise county, about 8% miles in a southeasterly direction from the town of Decatur.

The principal defense urged by the defendants, G. C. Ran and wife, was that 200 acres of the land was their homestead at the time the deed of trust was executed and was exempt from forced sale under the Constitution and statutes-of the state. The questions presented on this appeal will involve that issue.

The note for which the…