Fox v. Brannan

It is fundamental that the right to a homestead given by the Constitution and by statute is to be liberally construed. See authorities collected in 114 A.L.R. 209. That right, however, is limited to property occupied by the homestead claimant — the law requires that there be both ownership and occupation by the homestead claimant. Wisner v. Farnham, 2 Mich. 472;Beecher v. Baldy, 7 Mich. 488; Hersehfeldt v.George, 6 Mich. 466 ; Fitzsimons v. Kane, 245 Mich. 246. In Dyson v. Sheley,11 Mich. 527, it was held that a levy could properly be made on the half of a double house that was occupied by a…