Cabler v. Alexander

The principal question at issue here must be settled by a reference to our homestead statutes, which read as follows:

“§221. [Or. L.] Homesteads Exempt Must be Actual Abode. A homestead shall be exempt from sale on execution from the lien of every judgment and from liability in any form for the debts of the owner to the amount in value of three thousand dollars ($3,000), except as otherwise provided by law. The homestead must be the actual abode of and occupied by the owner, his or her spouse, *261parent or child, and such exemption shall not be impaired by temporary removal or absence with the…