Lakas v. Archambault

Action to have a homestead claimed by defendant on certain twenty acres of land declared void and invalid. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and plaintiff had findings and judgment in his favor. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

The pleadings raised the single question whether or not the homestead sought to be vacated was valid.

For several years prior to the declaration of homestead by defendant he had supported and maintained his grandmother, Mrs. Jack; they had lived together on a tract of land of about 57 acres, four miles distant from the city of Stockton, of which land…