Trotter v. Dobbs

This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land in the possession of the defendants, to which they pleaded, 1st, the general issue; and, 2d, that they are householders and heads of a family,- and occupy the land as such; and that the plaintiff claims title by purchase at a sheriff’s sale, under execution against the defendant Dohbs, who, at the time of the sale, was a free white citizen of this State, and a householder, and had a family, and occupied the land as a residence, and that the land was, therefore, exempt from sale under execution. Upon this second plea the plaintiff took issue;…