Code v. London

The present case involves the right to claim a homestead. June 28, 1945, plaintiff William Code obtained a judgment after trial against defendant, Agnes R. London, in the sum of $505.10. Some time thereafter, plaintiff caused a writ of execution to issue by which he sought to have the real property belonging to defendant, sold in satisfaction of the judgment. October 31, 1945, the trial court issued its temporary restraining and show cause order, based upon the showing that defendant had filed a declaration seeking a homestead right in the property sought to be sold on execution. Upon return…