J. I. Case Co. v. Joyce

Ve agree with, the Chancellor in the conclusions reached in this case as to Joyce, and do not deem it necessary to discuss the assignments of error as to his branch of the case further than the point made that the Chancellor was in error in holding that Joyce was not entitled to homestead in the land decreed to be sold, because his interest in it was that of a tenant in common. His decree was upon the authority of Avans v. Everett, 8 Lea, 76, decided in September, 1879, but decided under the Act of 1870, and it is earnestly and ably argued — first, that this case was originally wrong; and,…