Farris v. . Hendricks

Tbe plaintiff bad a bouse and lot in Belmont, Gaston County. Tbe defendant, Spencer Lumber Co., obtained a judgment for $208.11 and duly docketed same in tbe Superior Court of Gaston County. This was a lien on plaintiff’s land. C. S., 614. Thereafter plaintiff and bis wife executed a mortgage on tbe bouse and lot. It was sold to pay tbe mortgage debt and there was an excess over and above tbe mortgage of $509.49, which was paid to tbe clerk of tbe Superior Court of said county.

Tbe Constitution of North Carolina, Article X, section 2, is as follows: “Every homestead, and tbe dwellings and…