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· 4/12/1881

Cameron v. Fay

Citations

  • 55 Tex. 58
  • 1881 Tex. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>1. Evidence — Husband and wipe.—The husband or wife is a competent witness in a suit in which they are joint parties, and in regard to a matter in which they have a joint interest.</p> <p>2. Same.—When the homestead right is involved in a suit between the husband and wife, who are defendants, and a third party who seeks to subject the property to the payment of his debt, the husband is a competent witness, even though it be the separate property of the wife.</p> <p>3. Insurance—Homestead.— Money due from an insurance company . to fhe owners Of a homestead, for loss sustained by fire in the destruction of the home building, is not subject to garnishment by one who held an unsatisfied mechanic’s lien on the building, before its destruction.</p> <p>4. Same.—The insurance money on the homestead is not subject to the payment of debts of a general character.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • acknowledging that deception could have been found “if, for example, [the defendant] had knocked on [the victim’s] door and, through the screen, asked for a cigarette”
  • acknowledging that deception could have been found “if, for example, [the defendant] had knocked on [the victim’s] door and, through the screen, asked for a cigarette”

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Judges: Bonner

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