In Gardner v. Douglass, 64 Tex. 76, the party asserting the homestead claim had purchased an improved place for the purpose and with the avowed intention of making it a homestead.
Summary of this case from Cameron Co. v. GebhardNo. 83-KH-1416.
October 17, 1983.
In re Lonzell Gardner, applying for writ of mandamus. Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette. Nos. 45538 and 43137.
Denied.
In Gardner v. Douglass, 64 Tex. 76, the party asserting the homestead claim had purchased an improved place for the purpose and with the avowed intention of making it a homestead.
Summary of this case from Cameron Co. v. GebhardIn Gardner v. Douglass, 64 Tex. 76, it is held that although premises were purchased some three months prior to the expiration of a lease contract to a third party whose occupancy thereof continued until the expiration of the lease, the purchaser having declared to his wife and no one else his intention to make the property their homestead, but moved on the property at the expiration of the lease and occupied it thereafter, the property was protected as his homestead by law against a judgment lien rendered against the purchaser before he acquired the property.
Summary of this case from Hughes v. GroshartFull title:STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL., LONZELL GARDNER v. HONORABLE DOUGLASS J…
Court:Supreme Court of Louisiana
Date published: Oct 17, 1983
Harrell Wilkinson, for appellants. — 1. The court erred in ruling out the testimony "that the defendant had…
Cameron Co. v. GebhardNotice of homestead immaterial: Parr v. Newby, 73 Tex. 468. Intention to occupy does not make homestead:…