Swearingen v. Bassett
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. W. H: Burkhart. The appellants Swearingen and Garrett, plaintiffs below, brought this suit against B. H. Bassett, and Martha J. Bassett and her children, widow and children of Jefferson Bassett, deceased, to recover a lot and improvements in the city of Brenham, claimed by plaintiffs as assignees under a deed of assignment made by B. H. Bassett as surviving partner of the late firm of Bassett & Bassett, composed of himself…
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Appeal from Washington. Tried below before the Hon. W. H: Burkhart. The appellants Swearingen and Garrett, plaintiffs below, brought this suit against B. H. Bassett, and Martha J. Bassett and her children, widow and children of Jefferson Bassett, deceased, to recover a lot and improvements in the city of Brenham, claimed by plaintiffs as assignees under a deed of assignment made by B. H. Bassett as surviving partner of the late firm of Bassett & Bassett, composed of himself and Jefferson Bassett, for the benefit of accepting creditors of the firm. The facts, as disclosed by the plaintiffs’…
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
Every constitution of the state of Texas has provided for the exemption of a rural homestead of not more than two hundred acres of land. The changes that have been made in the organic law with respect to homesteads, have been confined exclusively to those in a town or city. At no time has one family been entitled to more than one homestead, and the distinction between that in the town and that in the country has been constantly preserved.
In the case of Ikin v. Olenick, 42 Tex. 195, this distinction was plainly stated, and whilst the convention which met shortly…
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