Milton v. Milton
Supreme Court of Florida
Appealed from tbe Circuit Court of Jackson County. Tlie facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
— This appeal is from a decree enjoining the sale of an undivided interest in land under an execution and setting apart the land as the homestead of William Milton.
In Article N of the constitution it is ordained that “A homestead to the extent of one hundred and sixty acres of land, or the half of one acre within the limits of any incorporated city or town, owned by the head of a family residing in this State, together with one thousand dollars’ worth of personal property, and the improvements on the real estate shall be exempt from forced sale under process of any court, and the real estate…
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