Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Love
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 12, 1973No. 18063PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Justice.
Our questions are (1) whether a purchaser of a residence from an owner who occupied it as a homestead has standing to claim the homestead exemption against a lien asserted by the former owner’s judgment creditor and (2) the extent of the excess subject to the lien in an urban lot which was worth more than the $5,000 exemption at the time of its designation as homestead and has increased substantially in value at the time of foreclosure of the lien.
1. Purchaser's standing to claim-homestead.
For simplicity we shall discuss the standing of the purchaser to claim the exemption…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Nichols v. DibrellTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Chase v. SwayneTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Mayers v. PaxtonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Wood v. WheelerTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- Black v. EppersonTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- In the Matter Of: Thomas Cullen Davis Karen Joyce Davis, Debtors. Sandra Davis v. Thomas Cullen DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Steenland v. Texas Commerce Bank National Ass'n, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1983
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
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