Legal Opinion
Harris v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 1, 1956No. 6 Div. 51PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
On March 8, 1955, William H. Ward recovered a judgment in a tort action against Harding Harris in the Intermediate Civil Court of Birmingham, in the amount of $253. On March 15 Harris filed a petition in bankruptcy, scheduling the judgment debt. He listed among his assets a tract of real estate which he claimed was exempt as his homestead. The referee in bankruptcy entered an order setting aside as exempt the bankrupt’s interest in said realty.
On March 31, 1955 William H. Ward filed a certificate of judgment in the probate office of Jefferson County in compliance with § 584…
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