Dei v. Habel
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made after judgment from Oakland. Ejectment by Dei as administrator of Charles Dei for premises occupied by Eosa Habel and her husband, and claimed by her as her homestead as widow of Charles Dei. Plaintiff had judgment below.
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, J.
Eosa Habel was the wife of Charles Dei, who was seized in fee of the premises in controversy and occupied the same as his homestead during his lifetime. He died leaving Eosa, his widow, and one child aged about four months. This child died about five weeks after its father’s death, and on the following day Eosa married defendant Habel. Eosa after the death of her first husband continued, and still continues, with her second husband, to occupy the land claiming it as her homestead. Is she so entitled?
Section 2, Article XYI. of the constitution protects *89certain, premises as a homestead while…
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