Calhoun v. McLendon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Homestead. Constitutional Law. Before Judge Bigby. Coweta Superior Court. September Term, 1870. Calhoun, a bachelor, with no family but hired servants, applied for a homestead, as the head of a family. McLendon, a creditor, objected, and the Court ruled that Calhoun was not the head of a family. That is assigned as error.
1Opinion of the CourtLochrane, C. J.
1. The simple question raised by this record is whether a bachelor, without any persons dependent upon him, is entitled to a homestead, under the Constitution and laws of this *406State, is the head of a family. The applicant petitioned the Ordinary, under the Act of 1868, setting out that he was the head of a family, consisting of servants, etc. The defendant in error objected to the application, and the Ordinary sustained the objection. He then appealed to the Superior Court, and the testimony was submitted, by consent, to Judge Bigby, who presided. The proof showed that Calhoun had never been…
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