Legal Opinion

Jones v. Waddy

California Supreme Court

Decided February 26, 1885No. 8,764PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco. Action for an injunction. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.

The only question in this case relates to the sufficiency of the declaration of homestead, upon which the court below adjudged that the land in dispute was exempt from execution, levy and sale, and enjoined the defendant from selling it under an execution issued upon a money judgment, which had been recovered in the year 1882, against the plaintiff, James Jones.

It appears that on the 14th of April, 1880, the plaintiff James, being then the husband of Julia Jones, his co-plaintiff, selected the land in dispute as a homestead, by a declaration of homestead, which he executed, acknowledged, and…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Security Loan & Trust Co. v. KauffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Esterly v. Broadway Garage Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Mellen v. McMannisIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Randal v. ElderSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873

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