Spencer v. Geissman

Citations

• 37 Cal. 96

Syllabus

<p>Homestead Right.—If a party acquires a homestead right in a tract of land, and subsequently is evicted under a judgment from the part of the tract on which he lived, ho may move on the other part, and hold it under the homestead law.</p> <p>What may be held as Homestead.—A party having a naked possession only of land, the title being in a stranger, may acquire a homestead right thereto, as to everybody but the owner, and such homestead right will, he exempt from forced sale on execution or on any final process for any debt.</p> <p>Idem.—The homestead right does not depend upon the character of the title held by the party claiming it. Whatever title he may have is protected from forced sale.</p>