Wolfe v. Buckley
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tiled below before the Hon. James Masterson. Bertha Wolfe, the appellant, obtained a judgment in. the District Court of Harris county against Ann R..
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Appeal from Harris. Tiled below before the Hon. James Masterson. Bertha Wolfe, the appellant, obtained a judgment in. the District Court of Harris county against Ann R.. Buckley, had an execution issued thereon and levied upon certain real estate in the city of Houston, which being advertised by the sheriff for sale, the appellee obtained an injunction against the sale, claiming the property to be her homestead, and filed this suit against the sheriff and Bertha Wolfe, and prayed that the injunction might be perpetuated. The appellant demurred generally and specially; denied that the property…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
The judgment below exemptsthe property in controversy from forced sale, on the ground that the appellee, Mrs. Buckley, was the head of a family, and that the same constituted her homestead; and before the judgment should be reversed, it should appear that in this there was error.
The judgment against Mrs. Buckley, to the lien of which it is claimed the property should be subject, was rendered in favor of appellant, Mrs. Bertha Wolfe, on December 10,1878. It was not controverted that Mrs. Buckley had lived upon the place since April, 1876. The only material question in…
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