Hughes v. . Pritchard

This is a proceeding wbicb was instituted for the purpose of establishing the dividing line between a tract of land, alleged by the plaintiff be the homestead of the defendant, and an adjoining tract,- wbicb was purchased by the plaintiff at a sale under an execution issued against the defendant. In bis deed the sheriff conveyed to the plaintiff the tract of land upon wbicb be bad levied under the execution, but excepted therefrom the homestead of the defendant.

It appeared that the report of the appraisers, who set apart the homestead to the defendant, could not, after diligent search, be…