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Smalley v. Laugenour

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 3, 1905No. 97PublishedCited by 41 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. This was an action of ejectment commenced in the Superior Court of Lincoln County, Washington, by A. F. Smalley and F. McLellan against George F. Laugenour and Jane Laugenour (with two others, who subsequently ceased to be parties) to recover possession of certain real estate situated in that county.

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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. This was an action of ejectment commenced in the Superior Court of Lincoln County, Washington, by A. F. Smalley and F. McLellan against George F. Laugenour and Jane Laugenour (with two others, who subsequently ceased to be parties) to recover possession of certain real estate situated in that county. The action was tried by the court without a jury, which filed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and rendered judgment for plaintiffs, whereupon defendants Laugenour carried the case by appeal to the Supreme Court of Washington. The…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

The state Supreme Court, aftef calling attention to the statute of the State permitting a head of a family to select from his or her real property a homestead of limited value, and exempting it from the liens of general judgments and from execution or forced sale thereunder, Ballinger’s Code, § 5214 ct seq., and to previous rulings of the court that the selection might be made at any time before sale, Wiss v. Stewart, 16 Washington, 376, and that an execution sale thereof after such selection was ineffectual to pass title to the purchaser, Wiss v. Stewart; Asher v. Sekofsky, 10 Washington,…

2Cited by41 opinions

  1. In Re FordUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1980
  2. In the Matter of Edward G. Brissette, Gene Paul Master, Michael Anthony Simon, Bankrupts-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  3. De Watteville v. SimsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  4. In the Matter of Andrew Kanter and Carole Kanter, Bankrupts. Andrew R. Kanter and Carole Kanter v. Richard M. Moneymaker, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  5. May v. GiblerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928

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