First National Bank v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. James S. Thomas, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This case arose on a motion to quash a supersedeas issued by a circuit clerk to prevent the sale under execution of land claimed by B. F. Wilson as a homestead.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. James S. Thomas, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This case arose on a motion to quash a supersedeas issued by a circuit clerk to prevent the sale under execution of land claimed by B. F. Wilson as a homestead. The case was submitted and tried by the circuit court on the following agreed statement of facts, to-wit : “The First National Bank. of Owatonna recovered judgment in the Monroe circuit court against N. C. Blake, I. G. Terrell, and B. F. Wilson, and execution was issued upon said judgment, and levied upon the fractional part of the S. W. ¿ of the N. F. k…
1Opinion of the CourtRiddick, J.
(after stating the facts.) The agreed statement of facts shows that the land claimed by Wilson as a homestead is “in the incorporated town of Brinkley." It was thus situated at the time he established his homestead upon it, the limits of the town having been extended so as to include this land a year or two before it was purchased by him. Our constitution provides that “the homestead in any city, town or village * * * * shall consist of not exceeding one acre of land, * * * provided the same shall not exceed in value the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars,” etc. Sec. 5, art. 9, Const.…
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