Loring v. Wittich

Citations

• 16 Fla. 498

Syllabus

<p>1. The Constitution exempts a certain amount of personal property to “ the head of a family residing in this StateHeld, That an averment that a party “ is and has been a citizen of said State since May, 1876; that at that time he came to Pensacola in said State from Maine, bringing with him his family, with the intention of making said city his permanent home; that said city has been his home ever since that time, with the intention that it shall continue to be his home, and with no intention of changing his Florida home or citizenship-by removing elsewhere;” is a sufficient statement that he is the head of a family residing in this State to entitle him to claim an exemption.</p> <p>2. In claiming the exemption of personal property levied upon by the sheriff, the only fact necessary to be sworn to under Section 7, Chaprter 1715, Laws of 1869, is that the inventory “ contains a true and perfect list of all his personal property.”</p>