Residential house exemption under Section 60 CPC protects execution property despite a ground-floor shop where residential use predominates.

A residential house used by the judgment-debtor and his family remains protected from attachment and sale in execution under Section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure when the property's essential character is residential. The existence of a shop on the ground floor does not, by itself, destroy the statutory exemption if the building is otherwise used as one main dwelling with attached structures and land necessary for its enjoyment. On those facts, the property falls within the exemption and is not liable to execution sale.

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Issues: Whether the property sought to be attached and sold in execution was a residential house exempt from attachment and sale under Section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Analysis: The evidence showed that the building was being used for residential purposes by the judgment-debtor and his family. The existence of a shop on the ground floor did not change the essential character of the property, since Section 60 protects one main residential house together with buildings attached to it and the land necessary for its enjoyment. On the facts found, the property answered that description and therefore fell within the statutory exemption.

Conclusion: The property was held to be a residential house within Section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure and was not liable to attachment or sale in execution.

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