Massey v. Womble

Citations

• 69 Miss. 347

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead. Mode of alienation. Vested, right. Act of 1873.</p> <p>The owner of a homestead has no vested right in statutes prescribing the mode of its alienation. Accordingly, the act of April 18, 1873 (Laws, p. 78), requiring the wife to join in the conveyance by the husband of his homestead, applied to all conveyances thereafter made by him of his homestead, although he owned the same in fee in his own right prior to the passage of the act.</p> <p>2. Accounting. Bents and improvements.</p> <p>The accounting in this case between the complainants and the defendant in possession, as to rents, improvements, taxes, etc., examined, and on all the proofs the result is not disturbed. Staton v. Bryant, 55 Miss., 261, distinguished.</p>