¶1 dissenting. I dissent from the proposition that the interest of J. Wilson Gibbes in the property in excess of $1,000 in value is now free from the lien of the bank’s judgment.
99 S.C. 410
83 S.E 606
Gibbes v. Hunter
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 21, 1914
Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1914-08-21
<p>Before Prince, J., Columbia, February, 1914.</p> <p>Action by Caroline S. Gibbes, J. Wilson Gibbes, Sarah E. David, Jennie G. Gibbes and Robert W. Gibbes against James E. Hunter, Caroline Nathalie Hunter, James E. Hunter, Jr., and the Bank of Columbia. From a decree, the defendant, the Bank of Columbia, and the plaintiff, J. Wilson Gibbes, both appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.</p> <p>cite: Homestead has reference to the physical state of the property rather than the nature and quality of the title: 24 S. C. 36. Lands defined: 1 Nott & McC. 463; 208 Pa. St.’392. Homestead cannot be assigned out of .an undivided interest in real estate: 26 S. C. 230; 28 S. C. 133; 32 S. C. 454. The claimant must have a right to possession: 47 S. C. 301; 26 S. C. 18; 87 N. C. 79. Sale of remainder under execution: 82 S. C. 137; 27 S. C. 162; 23 S. C. 104. The several remaindermen and life tenant cannot each have a homestead in the same land at the same time: 20 S. E. 736; 26 E. R. A. 814. Right does not attach until homestead has been set off and recorded: Const., art. IH, sec. 28; 24 S. C. 37.</p> <p>The latter cite: Constitution, 1868, art. II, sec. 32; 2 S. C. 232; 21 S. C. 127, 133, 137. Amendment of 1880: 17 Stats. 320. Constitutional provisions construed. Legislature merely to pass laws to enforce the constitutional provisions, by providing method of assignment: 21 S. C. 379. Assignment not essential to right: 20 S. C. 248; 26 S. C. 1; 32 S. C. 266. Nor is homestead dependent on a right to present possession in severalty: 2 DeS. 430; 16 S. C. 330; 47 S. C. 305; 24 S. C. 35; 54 S. C. 579; 51 S. C. 100; 21 S. C. 379. Difficulty in assigning does not defeat right: 14 S. C. 454; 26 S. C. 229; 28 S. C. 133; 32 S. C. 170. Where there is a right of homestead in land worth less than $1,000.00 it cannot be levied upon and sold under execution: 32 S. C. 266; 37 S. C. 118; 73 S. C. 329; 46 S. C. 70; 26 S. C. 1. The right to homestead precedes the assignment. Partition only sustained where the parties are entitled to possession: 29 S. C. 370; 51 S'. C. 208; 56. S. C. 304, distinguished. The property designated by Gibbes in i8p8 then became fixed as his homestead: 37 S. C. 102, 118, 119; 51 S. C. 100.</p>
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Modified · Decided 1914-08-21
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