Hinzie v. W. L. Moody & Co.

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

— This was a proceeding by garnishment after judgment, begun by the appellees, W. L. Moody & Co., against Akin & Broyles, tenants of Martin Hinzie, the appellant, who intervened in the suit, to subject to their judgment the rents of a building in the city of Palestine claimed by Hinzie as his business homestead.

Prior to first day of January, 1888, the appellant was a married man, the head of a family, and owned and resided with his wife and children upon a lot in the city of Palestine as his homestead. His wife died on the date mentioned, and he has since continued to…