86 Mo. 59 | Mo. | 1885
— This is an ejectment suit to recover the possession of certain lands in Greene county, described
On this state of facts the court gave the following instruction:
“That a homestead, to the extent of one hundred1 and sixty acres, and not to exceed the value of $1,500, is exempt from execution where the debt sued on is created subsequent to the acquiring of the homestead; and if J. O. Franklin owned and occupied the land sued for in this action, as his homestead, at the time the debt upon which plaintiff obtained judgment was made, and continued to own and occupy said land, as his homestead, Tmt.il he sold the same to defendant Kreider, then the title' passed to said defendant, and was not subject to plaintiff’s execution, and plaintiff cannot recover in this action.”
The court refused to give declarations of law asked by plaintiff, asserting his right to recover on the sheriff’s .deed, under the facts in evidence.
The instruction given by the court was fully warranted by the ruling of this court in the case of Beckmann v. Meyer, 75 Mo. 333. In that case, the father, being
The decision was, also, put upon the ground that our statute recognizes the right to sell one homestead and purchase another with the proceeds. This view of the case is fully sustained by the Texas case, cited in the •opinion.
J udgment affirmed.