Anderson v. Hall

A homestead in land was, under the constitution of 1877, set apart to Hardy B. Hall, as the head of a family consisting of a wife and several minor children. After his death, but before the expiration of the homestead estate, one of these children, Z. R. Hall, a son who had arrived at majority, executed a deed purporting to convey to the defendant in error, Mrs. Mattie Hall, his *1017interest, as heir at law of his deceased father, in the land covered by the homestead. The present case turns upon the question; whether or not this deed was effectual for the purpose indicated. His honor of the trial…