Charless v. Lamberson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. This was an action of right for lot No. 5, in block 36, in the city of Keokuk, brought by appellants against appellee. All of the testimony is preserved in a bill of exceptions.
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. This was an action of right for lot No. 5, in block 36, in the city of Keokuk, brought by appellants against appellee. All of the testimony is preserved in a bill of exceptions. From this, it appears, that on the 3d of February, A. D. 1852, the plaintiff recovered a judgment in the Lee county District Court, on a contract, made in April, 1851. The defendant purchased the premises in dispute, in 1848, and in the spring of 1851, commenced building a residence thereon, the said lot being vacant until that time. On the 7th of July, 1851, the defendant moved…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, C. J.
Several errors are assigned, upon which we are asked to reverse this judgment; but they all involve the construction of the Homestead Act of 1849, and so much of the Code as relates to the same subject.
The first section of the act of 15th of Januarjr, 1849, entitled “An act to exempt a homestead from forced sale,” provides as follows: “ That a homestead, consisting of any-(quantity of land not exceeding forty acres, used for agricul*438tural purposes, and tbe dwelliug-liouse thereon, and its appurtenances, to be selected by the owner thereof, and not included in any recorded town plat, or city,…
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