Stephenson v. Eberhart & Son
Supreme Court of Georgia
Homestead. Liens. Debtor and Creditor. Eeversions. Levy and Sale. Exemptions. Before Judge Lumpkin. Hart Superior Court. September Term, 1886. Beported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Under the 5th section of the act of the 16th of September, 1878, (acts, p. 100; code, §2025,) which is an act to carry into effect a certain section of the constitution of 1877, in relation to the sale and reinvestment of the proceeds of property set apart as a homestead, a sale of the property in controversy was ordered by the chancellor for reinvestment, and the plaintiffs in error became the purchasers at that sale. By the provisions of that act, where the sale of the homestead is made in the manner therein prescribed, it operates to pass to the purchaser the “entire interest…
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