First Coleman Nat. Bank of Coleman v. Vaughan

BLAIR, Justice.

This litigation arose as follows:

L. C. Vaughan and his wife, Izabel Vaughan acquired 253 acres of land which they used and occupied as their homestead from August 29, 1905, until the death of Mrs. Vaughan, July 16, 1917. There were seven children of this marriage, all of whom were adults except Bettie Vaughan, who, at the time of the death of the mother, was 17 years of age, and was unmarried. After the death of Mrs. Vaughan, the husband, L. C. Vaughan, and the unmarried daughter continued to occupy the 253 acres of land as homestead until the death of L. C. Vaughan, April 24,…