Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Moore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

In an action against her husband to recover on certain notes he owed to a bank, Bertha P. Moore was garnished. Her answer denied that she was indebted to her husband. The bank filed exceptions to the answer. The issue was tried by the court and judgment rendered in favor of the garnishee, from which the bank appeals.

The Moores lived in Oklahoma on an eighty-acre farm which was their homestead. The title was in the husband. On December 27, 1919, they sold the land for $3,400. About ten days after the sale Moore moved with his family to…