Moody v. Moody
Mississippi Supreme Court
Eeom the .chancery court of Lauderdale county. Host. James L. McOasiull, Chancellor. Webster E. Moody, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mary E. Moody and others, appellants, were de-' fendants there.
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Eeom the .chancery court of Lauderdale county. Host. James L. McOasiull, Chancellor. Webster E. Moody, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mary E. Moody and others, appellants, were de-' fendants there. Webster E. Moody alleged in his bill for partition of land that E. E. Moody died in 1900, intestate, seized and possessed of his residence and home, described as lots five and six of block sixteen in the city of Meridian; that said decedent left surviving him as his heirs, Mrs. Mary E. Moody, his widow, complainant, his, son, and five other children, defendants; that on the lots…
1Opinion of the Court
Tetjdy, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The homestead which is reserved for the benefit of the head of every family resident in this state comprises “the land and buildings owned and occupied as a residence by such person” if in a city or town, or, if in the country, it shall consist of the land and building owned and occupied as a residence, but the quantity of land shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. The object of the exemption law is to insure that the families of the residents of this state shall never by financial misfortune or stress of circumstances be deprived of their…
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