Giblin v. Jordan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of San Francisco. The agreed statement of the case shows that the plaintiff obtained judgment against the defendant, Michael Jordan, on which execution issued to the sheriff, who levied on the interest of the defendant in a certain lot in the city of San Francisco, which had been purchased several years before in the names of the defendant and Judith his wife, and Anna H. Jordan, their infant child ; that about a year before the…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of the city of San Francisco. The agreed statement of the case shows that the plaintiff obtained judgment against the defendant, Michael Jordan, on which execution issued to the sheriff, who levied on the interest of the defendant in a certain lot in the city of San Francisco, which had been purchased several years before in the names of the defendant and Judith his wife, and Anna H. Jordan, their infant child ; that about a year before the rendition of the judgment, Michael Jordan had made a deed of gift of his interest in the lot to his wife; after the levy,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Murray.
Mr. Justice Heydenfeldt concurred.
In Davis & Wolff v. Eleishacker, we decided that land held by tenants in common was not subject to homestead rights under the laws of this State.
In the present ease, the title of the premises is in the husband, his wife, and child, and inasmuch as the husband is the head of the family, *418and his daughter entitled to claim protection and maintenance from him, it is contended that this case does not fall within the rule established.
We are at a loss to find a distinction. The defendants are as much…
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