Moore v. Whitis

Citations

• 30 Tex. 440

Syllabus

<p>Where the mortgagor resided upon the same lot upon which his storehouse, in which he conducted the mercantile business, was situated, the whole was his homestead, and exempt from foreclosure of the mortgage and forced sale, under the 22d section of the Vllth article of the constitution of 1845. (Paschal’s Dig., p. 65, Art. VII, sec. 22, Note 198.)</p> <p>The cases of Hancock v. Morgan, 17 Tex., 582, affirmed by Prior v. Stone, 19 Tex., 371, and Sossaman v. Powell, 21 Tex., 664, are approved, and they are decisive of this case. (Paschal’s Dig., Note 198.)</p>