McLaughlin v. Collins

The defendant claims that she is entitled to a homestead exemption in her own right in land owned in common by herself and her husband, which is occupied by them as a home. It does not appear that she has ever claimed a homestead right in her husband’s undivided part of the common property, and her contention is that under section 1, chapter 138, Public Statutes, she is entitled to such right in her own estate as against the plaintiff’s levy. That provision of the statute is as follows: “Every person is entitled to five hundred dollars worth of his homestead . . . as a homestead right.”…