Van Horn v. McNeill

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

Upon a debt contracted in 1870, judgment was rendered in favor of the creditor in 1876. Afterwards in the same year, a homestead of realty was set apart to the debtor. In 1885, the judge of the superior court, exercising the jurisdiction conferred by statute, authorized the sale of the homestead, and it was sold in that year under the judge’s order, the whole estate in fee being conveyed to+ Van Horn. In 1886, what is termed the reversionary interest in that property was levied on by virtue of this creditor’s execution, and Van Horn interposed a claim. It was returned…