Harper v. Forbes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Twelfth District. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are husband and wife, and were so previous to the year 1854; that while thus husband and wife, Edward Harper, the husband, acquired the premises in controversy by purchase; that while he was thus the owner, the plaintiffs occupied the premises as their homestead for many months during the years 1853 and 1854; that the premises were the only homestead ever occupied or claimed by them in this State;…
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Appeal from the Twelfth District. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are husband and wife, and were so previous to the year 1854; that while thus husband and wife, Edward Harper, the husband, acquired the premises in controversy by purchase; that while he was thus the owner, the plaintiffs occupied the premises as their homestead for many months during the years 1853 and 1854; that the premises were the only homestead ever occupied or claimed by them in this State; that the said Edward Harper, on the twenty-ninth of July, 1854, by his deed of that date, and to which his wife, the…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
Cope, J. concurring.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, Edward Harper, acquired the premises in controversy by purchase previous to 1854, and occupied the same with his wife as a homestead many months during the years 1853 and 1854; that he conveyed the same in July, 1854, to Edward Parrish, who went into possession; and under whom the defendants claim; that his wife never joined in the conveyance, or otherwise relinquished her claim to the homestead, and concludes with a prayer for a decree adjudging that the plaintiffs are entitled to the premises as a homestead, and that the…
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