Samuel B. v. Stone
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. John H. Reagan. Removed by change of venue from Dallas. The cause was submitted to the Judge, without a jury. The only property sold, so far as it appeared, was the one lot on the public square. The facts are stated in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This was an action by Stone, to try the title to a lot of land in the,town of Dallas. The lot had been sold at Sheriff’s sale, as the property of Stone,—and the Pryors claimed through that sale. The plaintiff, Stone, had judgment for the lot, and for. rents with some deductions which were specified. The only important question presented by the record is, whether the lot in question was a portion of the homestead of the plaintiff, Stone, and as such exempt from forced sale.
The material facts are, that Stone, with his wife and children, occupied a house and eight lots, which he…
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