Heathman v. Holmes

Citations

• 94 Cal. 291
• 29 P. 404
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 676

Syllabus

<p>Homestead — Use of Part of Residence for Business Purposes. — The use of a building partly, or even chiefly, for business purposes, or the renting of part of it, does not deprive the owner of the benefit of his exemption of the building as a homestead, if the building is, and continues to be, the bona fide residence of the family.</p> <p>Id. —Addition for Hotel Purposes — Rooms Reserved for Residence. — The owner of a building upon which he has declared a homestead does not forfeit his right of homestead merely because he afterwards builds a large addition to the building, and leases the greater portion of the entire building to a third party for a term of years for hotel purposes, if he expressly reserves from the lease certain rooms and privileges, and continues to live therein with his family.</p> <p>Id. — Construction of Homestead Statute. — The homestead statute is a remedial measure, and should be liberally construed.</p>