Skinner v. Hall
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C. C.
This action was commenced to restrain the sale of a lot of land in the city of San José, under executions issued upon judgments against the plaintiff. • The plaintiff claimed that when the executions were levied the lot was his homestead, and therefore not subject "to forced sale.
The defendants denied that it was a homestead, and whether it was or not is the only question presented for decision.
The court found that on the fifteenth day of October, 1879, the plaintiff resided with his family, consisting of his wife and one child, in a dwelling-house on the lot, and on that day…
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