Fort v. Powell

Citations

• 59 Tex. 321
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 164

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead.— The use of property as a home must co-exist with the intention that it Shall be the home to invest it with the homestead character.</p> <p>2. Same. — A man owned property for eight years, during which time he remained on it with his family three days. A considerable portion of the eight years he resided on a farm owned by his wife, but claimed that he intended to make the property owned eight years his home, if he did not sell it, and offered it for sale. In a suit between the purchaser under judgment against the owner, and the claimant, held, that a verdict and judgment against the claimant, which in effect determined that no homestead right existed, was proper</p>