Sontag v. Schmisseur

Citations

• 76 Ill. 541

Syllabus

<p>Homestead. Under the homestead act of 1851, and the amendatory act of 1857, the widow has not the right to claim a homestead in addition to her dower, as against the heirs, in the premises occupied by her as a homestead. Under those acts the exemption exists only as against forced sales, or voluntary alienations by the husband in which the homestead is not released.</p>