Arendt v. Mace

Citations

• 76 Cal. 315
• 18 P. 376
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 884

Syllabus

<p>Homestead — Land Used as Garden.—A declaration of homestead may properly include not only the land on which the declarant’s dwelling is actually situated, but also adjoining land used in connection therewith as a garden, and as a source from which water for the use of the family dwelling is derived.</p> <p>Id. — Filing by Wife — Separate Property of Wife — Community Property. — A declaration of homestead filed by a married woman may embrace land, a part of which is her separate property, and the other part common property. In such a case, it will be presumed that the wife consented to the filing on her separate property.</p>