Clements v. Lacy
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hardin. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Pedigo. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Mrs. Eliza Lacy, the surviving wife of William 0. Lacy, for the recovery .of two hundred acres, to be partitioned and set apart out of a tract of one thousand acres, so as to include “ Sour Lake,” the hotel, and other improvements contiguous thereto.
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Appeal from Hardin. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Pedigo. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Mrs. Eliza Lacy, the surviving wife of William 0. Lacy, for the recovery .of two hundred acres, to be partitioned and set apart out of a tract of one thousand acres, so as to include “ Sour Lake,” the hotel, and other improvements contiguous thereto. She alleged that the land was purchased by her husband, William 0. Lacy, in the year 1856, from the different shareholders by whom the same had been previously owned, for the purpose of making a permanent home for himself and…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
In this case, the plaintiff below, (appellee here,) Eliza Lacy, as the surviving wife of William C. Lacy, deceased, sues for her homestead right in certain property in Hardin county, including what is known as “ Sour Lake.” The defendants below resist her claim on the following grounds, substantially:
1. That the plaintiff" had never resided in Texas, and that *157thereby she had forfeited any homestead rights to which she might otherwise have been entitled; and that the sale of this property by the administrator of the estate of William C. Lacy, under which they claim,…
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