Littlejohn v. . Egerton

At the last term we decided that the plaintiffs are entitled to a homestead; but it was held that judgment could not be rendered or a writ of possession issue, for the reason, that the homestead had not been assigned according to law ; the assignment which the. Sheriff attempted to make before he sold under execution being void for uncertainty, in this, that it does not describe the homestead by metes and bounds, or give any description by which it can be identified. See Grier v. Rhyne, 69 N. C. 346.

The case was retained for further directions under the expectation that the plaintiffs would…