Huerfano Trading Co. v. Rankin

The defendant in error was plaintiff in an action against the plaintiff in error to quiet title and to set aside a sale of land on execution. The parties will be designated as in the court below.

The complaint alleged that the land sold had been taken by plaintiff as a homestead; that he received a patent therefor on February 26, 1920; that the judgment upon which the execution issued, was taken on a note executed by the plaintiff February 18, 1919. The complaint further alleged that the debt having been incurred prior to the date of the patent, the land was exempt from debts contracted prior…