Powers v. Sample

Citations

• 72 Miss. 187

Syllabus

<p>Homestead. Householder. Head of family. Code 1892, ‘í 1970.</p> <p>An aged widower living with a married son of middle age, in a house built and controlled by the son, though on land of the father who receives no rent but contributes nothing- to the support of the family beyond wbat is necessary for his own maintenance, and who is under no moral or legal duty to contribute to the support of the family, is neither a “householder ” nor the head of a family, so as to be entitled to a homestead exemption under $ 1970, code 1893. HUIy. Frarililin, 54 Miss., 633, cited.</p>