Brown v. McLennan

Citations

• 60 Tex. 43
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 257

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead.—The homestead right of one having an undivided interest in a tract of land exceeding two hundred acres in quantity is not confined to the undivided interest in two hundred acres, including the improvements, but extends to an undivided interest of two hundred acres of the entire tract. The party claiming homestead rights under such circumstances cannot designate the homestead by metes and bounds; following Jenkins v. Volz, 54 Tex., 639.</p>