69 Ala. 433
Decided December 15, 1881
Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1881-12-15
Tried before lion. John P. Hubbard. M. J. Bowden and J. E. Parish, the appellees, having obtained a judgment against S. A. 'Williams and H. Williams, the appellants, for two hundred dollars, for a failure on their part to enter satisfaction upon the margin of the record of a mortgage, being the penalty prescribed by section 2223 of the Code of 1876, caused an execution to be issued thereon on the 29th of November, 1880, which was levied on the respective homesteads of the…
Relies on Meredith v. Holmes
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Decided 1881-12-15
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently February 1957
1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
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¶1The judgment, which is the foundation of the proceedings in these cases, was rendered on a penalty, and not on a “ debt contracted.” Our constitutional provision, and stat*434utory exemption, do not embrace sucb a claim as this.' — Meredith, v. Holmes, 68 Ala. 190; Thompson on Homestead, §§380 to 383; Code of 1876, § 2820.
¶2Affirmed.