Moriarty v. Galt

The original suit out of which the present litigation arises, was a bill brought by Thomas A. Galt, against Michael Moriarty, plaintiff in a certain execution, and Thomas S. Beach, sheriff, to prevent defendants from casting a cloud upon the title of certain real property which complainant claimed to own in fee simple. It was alleged the property was exempt from sale under defendant’s execution in the hands of the sheriff, because it was, at the time of the recovery of the judgment, the homestead of one Mooney and wife, who afterwards, by deed, conveyed it to complainant, with a release of…