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· 5/22/1900

Smith v. Northern Pacific Railroad

Citations

  • 22 Wash. 500
  • 61 P. 255
  • 1900 Wash. LEXIS 303

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “while the homestead exemption must be liberally construed, it may not be used as an instrument of fraud.”
  • \Organic and statutory provisions relating to homestead exemptions should be liberally construed in the interest of the family home.\

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Judges: Gordon

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