Section 6-9-90
Sale of levied property - Rights of debtor - Designation of property to be sold first.
When a defendant in execution shall point out any of his property on which to levy the execution, the sheriff or other officer shall be bound to take and sell that first if the same is, in the opinion of such levying officer, sufficient to satisfy such judgment and costs.
(Code 1907, §4115; Code 1923, §7830; Code 1940, T. 7, §542.)