Pritchard v. Ward 64 Ga. 446

Pritchard vs. Ward.

Homestead in realty, under section 2040 of the Code, and the following sections, must be laid off and the plat returned to the ordinary and recorded, in order to vest the title in the head of the family free from his debts, unless the quantity of land owned is not more than that exempted. In this case the quantity owned being eigbty-six acres, and that exempted being sixty acres, it was essential that it be laid off and the plat returned in order to show what part had been set apart, so as to determine whether or not a trespass was committed on the land so set apart as homestead.