Bryant v. Woods

Deaderick, C. J.,

delivered th.e opinion of the court.

The only question presented in this record for our determination is, whether Mary Woods, wife of defendant, James E., is entitled to homestead in the house and lot conveyed to complainants in trust to indemnify them as his sureties.

In April, 1866, complainants, with others, became the sureties of said James E. on his bonds as commissioner and clerk of the county court of Gibson. *328county. His term expired in April, 1870, and in 1871 he failed to account for money received while acting as clerk and commissioner, for sale of land ordered by the…