Effinger v. Cates

Citations

• 61 Tex. 590
• 1884 Tex. LEXIS 154

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead.— An uninclosed lot in a city, separated by a public square from the lot on which the home residence was erected, was used occasionally by the owner as a place on which he staked out his horse and calf, exercising in this no greater exclusive use than he could make of the uninclosed property of others. In November, 1877, this uninclosed lot was levied on under execution against the owner and sold. Held, that the use made of the property for homestead purposes was not sufficient to extend the protection of the homestead exemption from sale over it,</p>