Hutchinson Shoe Co. v. Turner

In this cause, the appellee filed his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Columbia County to quiet the title to certain property he had acquired from one H. F. Darby and wife, the appellant having obtained a judgment against the said Darby and recorded the same in the county where the property is located, some time after the said Darby had established a homestead thereon, but before the execution of the deed.

The only question in the case is: Where land embracing less than one-half of one acre located in a city or town of this State, is owned by the head of a family, who with his family…