Bartels v. Huff

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was instituted by plaintiffs in error against defendant in error seeking a foreclosure of an alleged lien on certain land located in Willacy county. The lien is alleged to have been created by the abstracting of a judgment. Defendant in error’s sole defense is that the land involved is his homestead.

The record discloses, among other things, that the land involved herein embraces about 161 acres; that there is no house on the land; that defendant in error owns no other land and intends to make this land his home. He had cleared some 22 acres, drilled two wells, and…