Whitehead v. Nickelson

Citations

• 48 Tex. 517

Syllabus

<p>1. Family homestead—Exemption.—A family consisting of a widower, his daughter, and a female relative, is dissolved by the marriage of the daughter, and a homestead acquired by the widower at or after such dissolution of his family would not be exempt from forced sale.</p> <p>2. Same.—After such dissolution of his family, a widower cannot exempt his property from liability for his debts by voluntarily taking upon himself, for some temporary or indefinite period, the support or maintenance of persons having no legal claim upon him.</p> <p>3. Same.—Nor does the mere temporary and indefinite union of persons in one household, directing their attention to a common object, constitute a family so as to exempt a homestead.</p> <p>4. Same.—Nor will the hiring of servants, or the contributing to the support of persons permissively residing with a party, constitute a family.</p>