Sanburn v. Deal

COLLARD, Associate Justice.

Action of trespass to try title, brought on the 22nd of August, 1888, by the appellant against the appellee, for an undivided half of lots 16 and 17 and northerly half of lot 18 in block 252, in the city of El Paso, according to what is known as Campbell’s map of said city.

Among other defenses, the defendant set up that the lots sued for were the homestead of herself and.her husband, and were still her homestead.

The lots were acquired by B. E- Deal before his marriage with defendant; he died, leaving no children, his wife (defendant) and his sister (plaintiff) being…