71 Tenn. 203 | Tenn. | 1879
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendants are judgment creditors of the complainant, and caused execution to issue thereon. The -complainant owns a lot in Knoxville on which he resides, with his family, as a homestead. The sheriff summoned three freeholders to set apart the homestead under the statute. These freeholders were of opinion that the lot and improvements were worth $1,000, and set apart the whole lot as a homestead. The defendants thereupon caused their execution to be levied on the lot, subject to the homestead right. This bill was filed to enjoin a sale under this levy. The defendants demurred because the bill shows that defendants are only seeking to sell the reversionary fee or interest of the complainant in the lot subject to the
The decree will be affirmed with costs.