Barclay v. Robertson

Citations

• 67 Fla. 416
• 65 So. 546

Syllabus

<p>1. A deed of land made by a husband directly to his wife for an alleged past, and inadequate consideration, when the husband is greatly indebted, is void as to a creditor of husband.</p> <p>2. When a sale of a tract of land has been made under an execution issued upon a judgment against the owner, who had not lived on the land for more than three yéars, and who took no steps to have the land exempted as a homestead until more than a year after the sale under the execution and a sheriff’s deed has been executed to the judgment creditor in pursuance of the sale, in an action of ejectment i brought by the judgment creditor for the recovery of the possession of the land, the judgment debtor may not claim a homestead in the land sold under the creditor’s execution.</p>