Stevenson v. Wilson

Special issue No. 1 inquired of the jury whether "it has been the intention of W. L. Wilson at all times since his father's death to make his share of his father's estate his homestead." Special Issue No. 2 inquired whether "W. L. Wilson made improvements on any of the land in question with his own funds for the purpose of using such as his home." Thus only, if at all, was submitted to the jury the essential issue of homestead. To such manner of submission the defendant duly objected. To the first question, the objection was "that same was not an ultimate issue"; that "an intention alone is…