Supreme Court of Georgia February 15, 1882 (Roberts v. Cook)

Jackson, Chief Justice.

The sheriff was ruled to show cause why he did not put a purchaser at his sale in possession of a tract of land sold by him. The cause shown was that the property had been set apart to the defendant in execution as the head of his family, consisting of a wife and minor children, and that application for the homestead was made and pending during the sale, and notice thereof