Shore v. Gastley

Hall, Justice.

The question made by this record is, whether a party, who has once had a homestead and exemption, which has terminated by the death of his wife and the arrival at age and marriage of'the daughter for whose benefit it was set apart, can, upon becoming the head of a family by his second marriage, have another homestead set apart for the benefit of that family. That he can do so was expressly held by this court in Benedict, Hall & Co. vs. Webb, 57 Ga., 348, because, as was there said, “being based on the existence of a new family, this second homestead is lawful.” The bill in this…