Elliott v. Argenbright

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming.

Tbe sole question for consideration on tbis appeal is whether the appellant may claim a certain house and lot as exempted from levy and sale under execution in favor of appellee. The debt for which the execution was issued had been created before appellant became the owner of the' house and lot. He could not claim exemption as a homestead against a pre-existing debt at the time he acquired the homestead, unless he purchased the property with money or other property which was exempt to him from execution or attachment under the law. It is his defense…