Downey v. Wilber
Citations
- 117 Wash. 660
- 202 P. 256
- 1921 Wash. LEXIS 916
Syllabus
<p>Homestead (12) — Property Constituting — Title to Property— Leasehold Interest. A portable bungalow on leased land, in which one resides, may be claimed as a homestead under the statute defining a homestead as the “dwelling house in which the claimant resides and the land upon which the same is situated.”</p> <p>Exemptions (10-18) —Property Exempt — Necessaries. Rem. ■Code, § 564, providing that no property shall be exempt from execution for actual necessaries, not exceeding fifty dollars in value, furnished to the defendant or his family within sixty days preceding the beginning of an action to recover therefor, even if conceded as applicable to a homestead exemption, would not apply where the evidence shows the necessaries were not furnished within the sixty-day period.</p>
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- “Where the owner of a tract of land makes a town plat of it, with spaces indicating the dedication of roads or streets, and conveys lots with reference to, and bounded by, said roads or streets, he thereby dedicates them to public use....”
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