Evans v. Womack
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hopkins. Tried below before the Hon. Green J. Clark. The ease will be sufficiently understood from the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
The important question in this case, is whether or not the land in controversy was a part of George W. Evans’ homestead in 1860, when it was levied on and sold by the sheriff of Hopkins county, in satisfaction of an execution issued upon a judgment against said Evans in favor of John. L. Garrison.
The said Evans was the head of a family, and was possessed of and occupied a residence, with garden, lot, and other ordinary appendages of a homestead, in the town of Sulphur Springs. His business was that of a mechanic. While residing upon this homestead, and before the levy…
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