50 Iowa 289 | Iowa | 1878
Certainly, if the sheriff first offered the ten-acre tract and there were no bidders, it was his duty to offer and sell the’ whole, including the homestead, together. Otherwise the plaintiffs could enjoy and get the use of premises which they had expressly pledged to pay the debt, without ever paying’ the same, unless’ the plaintiff in execution chose to purchase the property other than the homestead. This is not the meaning and intent of the statute.
Affirmed.