Staples v. Keister

Simmons, Justice.

W. IT. Staples obtained, a judgment against Hr. Keister, and thereupon sued out summons of garnishment, and served Ramsey and Jones, who answered that they owed Keister. Keister claimed these debts as part of the proceeds of a homestead and exemption obtained by him as head of a family. On the. trial of the case in the magistrate’s court, the claimant showed that, in 1882, he had set apart for himself and his family a homestead and exemption aggregating the sum of $1,-529.90; that it consisted of realty, $650; a horse, $70 ; drugs and medicine and furniture, $75; professional…