Thompson v. Kay

The four above styled and numbered cases present important questions of homestead law. The first three involve the relative rights of creditors and heirs in homestead property, about which much has been written in the opinions of the Supreme Court of Texas, from the earliest date to the present. It must be candidly admitted that declarations of law on this subject contained in opinions by eminent justices, can not be reconciled with declarations in other opinions by justices of like eminence. The principal purpose of this opinion is to make clear and plain the rules governing the relative…