McElroy v. McGoffin

Willie, Chief Justice.

We deem it unnecessary to discuss the various points raised by the assignments of error in this ease. Two important questions were before the jury on the trial below; First, did Mrs. McElroy ever acquire a homestead interest in the land in controversy? and second, if she did, was that interest lost by abandonment? The last of these questions was of no importance if the first was answered in the negative; and the first was of no- importance if the last was answered in the affirmative. It was the duty of Mrs. McElroy to establish to the satisfaction of the jury that she…