68 Ala. 190 | Ala. | 1880
The sole question in this case is, whether the homestead is exempt from execution levy and sale, under a judgment recovered in an action of trespass. The constitution (Art. X, sec. 2) exempts it from “ sale on execution, or any other process from a court, for any debt contracted since,’7 <fcc. The statute (Code of 1876, § 2820) declares it “ exempted from levy and sale under execution, or other process, for the collection of debts contracted after April 23d, 1873.” It will be observed that the language of each of these exemptions is, “ from debts contracted nothing said about liabilities incurred, or recoveries for torts committed. This precise ques-
Reversed and remanded.