Seeman Printery, Inc. v. Schinhan

PARKER, Judge.

The first homestead exemption law in this State was enacted by our General Assembly by Ch. 61 of the Laws of 1866-67. By that statute a citizen of the State owning a freehold was permitted to petition for allotment of a homstead (i.e., land not subject to be sold under execution) “not exceeding one hundred acres if in the county, or one acre if in the city or town, which allotment may include a single dwelling and the necessary out-houses.” This statute was short-lived, being quickly superseded by the provisions. of the 1868 Constitution. Aycock, Homestead Exemption in North…