Sayers v. Pyland

This suit was brought to foreclose a lien on a homestead. The Court of Civil Appeals made the following clear statement of the essential facts involved:

“In 1925, S. J. Pyland owned lots 4 and 5 in Block 16 of the City of San Marcos, the two fronting north on San Antonio Street a distance of 158 1/2 feet and extending back 166 2/3 feet, lot 4 on the east, being a comer lot, bordering upon Fredericksburg Street. A business house, claimed by Pyland as his business homestead, fronted 100 feet on San Antonio Street, and extended back 100 feet, thus occupying all of the front of lot 5 and a part of…