Yocum v. Lovell

Citations

• 111 Ill. 212

Syllabus

<p>1. Homestead — as to the mode of its release. The statute does not require that the name of the husband or wife of the grantor of land shall appear in the granting clause, or elsewhere in the body,of the deed, in order to a valid release of the estate-of homestead.</p> <p>2. A deed of trust on real estate occupied by a husband and wife as a homestead, contained a clause expressly relinquishing and releasing the homestead, and the deed was signed and duly acknowledged by both, though the wife’s name did not appear in the granting clause, or elsewhere in the body of the deed: Held, that the deed was sufficient to pass the homestead both of the husband and wife.</p>