Higginbotham v. Meadows

Opinion by

Judge Holt:

The statute exempting a homestead provides that it shall be for the use of the widow, so long as she occupies it, and that the unmarried infant children of the husband shall be entitled to a joint occupancy with her until the youngest unmarried one shall become of age; and that the termination of the widow’s occupancy shall not affect the right of the children.

While the language of the statute might have been more express thereby rendering the legislative intent certain beyond all question, *375yet it can not be presumed that it was intended to make the rights of helpless…