Automotive Supply, Inc. v. Powell

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellee Evelyn Sue Powell asserts a homestead exemption in certain lands as against a prior judgment obtained by Automotive Supply against Mrs. Powell’s husband, Jim Powell. The circuit court was mistaken in sustaining the asserted exemption as to Mrs. Powell’s interest in the land.

Automotive Supply obtained a $2,870.16 judgment in the Washington Circuit Court against Jim Powell, the judgment being entered of record on February 16, 1978. On March 31, 1978, the land in question, then unimproved, was conveyed to the Powells as tenants by the entirety. On April 11…