Rutherford v. Wright
Rutherford v. Wright
Opinion of the Court
The second section of the Homestead Act pr&vides, tha’t every person seeking the benefit of that Act shall make out a schedule and description of the personal property claimed to be exempt under the Constitution, from levy and sale, and hand the same to the Ordinary of the county in which the
This evidence, so offered, the Court rejected, to which the plaintiff excepted, and now assigns the same for error here. In our judgment, the evidence offered should have been received for the purpose of showing that the Ordinary of Bibb county had no jurisdiction to hear and approve the application for the homestead exemption. The judgment creditor was no party to the proceeding before the Ordinary, and had the right to attack it whenever it interfered with his rights, for want of jurisdiction of the Ordinary of Bibb county, to hear and approve the application for the homestead exemption.
Let the judgment of the Court below be reversed.
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- J. RUTHERFORD, in error v. C. A. WRIGHT, in error
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