Kennerly v. Swartz & Son

Citations

• 83 Va. 704
• 3 S.E. 348
• 1887 Va. LEXIS 113

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead&emdash;Judgment&emdash;Priority.&emdash;Where one who becomes a householder or head of a family after a judgment lien has fastened on his land, is not entitled to a homestead exemption in the land paramount to that lien until its discharge. Code 1873, ch. 183, § 5.</p> <p>2. Chancery Practice'&emdash;Renting&emdash;Sale.&emdash;Where, after renting of land has been decreed at a previous term, it appears that the rents will not, in five years, pay the liens, the decree may be set aside and a sale be decreed, an account of liens having first been taken.</p>