Holterman v. Poynter

The appellee, F. A. Holterman, brought a forcible entry and detainer action in the circuit court of Douglas county against A. A. Poynter and Aveyrilla Poynter, his wife. In that suit defendants filed a plea setting up that the real estate involved had been sold under execution; that it was their homestead and worth less than $1000, and that the sheriff’s deed made pursuant to the sale was void. Holterman then filed a bill in chancery to restrain the Poynters from asserting that defense. The prayer of the bill was not only that appellants be enjoined but that Holterman be decreed to be…