Snelling v. Butler

Citations

• 66 Wash. 165
• 119 P. 3
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1033

Syllabus

<p>Homesteads — Exemptions—Execution—Time fob Filing Declaration. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 532, 533, exempting a homestead from execution sale, except for judgments obtained on debts secured by mechanics’ and vendor’s liens and mortgages executed by husband and wife, an execution sale cannot be had upon a judgment entered upon unsecured promissory notes, where prior to the issuance of the execution, a declaration of homestead had been filed, although the judgment was entered prior to the filing of the declaration and became a lien subject to be defeated by such filing (Fullerton, X, dissents).</p>