 ... the homestead in a city, town or village, shall consist of lot or lots, not to exceed in value five thousand dollars at the time of their designation as the homestead, without reference to the value of any improvements thereon: Provided, That the...  Bulletin - Page 41949Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1897 - 1116 pages
...Land Outside a City.— The provision of Const, art. 16, § 51, exempting as a homestead property used "as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of the family," applies only to urban homesteads, and there Is no homestead exemption outaide a town or... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...to the value of any improvements thereon; provided, that the same shall be used for the purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family, and that any renting of the homestead shall not change the character of the same when no other homestead... | |
 | Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company - Texas - 1876 - 188 pages
...to the value of any improvements thereon; provided, that the same shall bo used for the purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family; provided, also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change the character of the same,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 2084 pages
...tested. The constitutional method of designation is "that the same shall be used for the purposes of a home or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family." The right of trial by jury remains inviolate. There are now in Texas, approximately, 2,500,000 people,... | |
 | Alexander Edwin Sweet, John Armoy Knox - Texas - 1883 - 714 pages
...reference to the valy of any improvements thereon ; provided that the same shall be used for the purpose of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family; provided, also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change the character of the same... | |
 | Homer S. Thrall - Texas - 1883 - 910 pages
...to the value of any improvements thereon ; provided, that the same shall be used for the purpose of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of tlie head of a family ; provided also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change... | |
 | Horace Garvin Platt - Property - 1885 - 394 pages
...on an urban homestead, under the Constitution of 1876, are that it should be used for the purpose of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of the family, and that it should not, without reference to the improvements, exceed in value $5,000 at... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1214 pages
...that the homestead in a city, town, or village shall consist of lot or lots used for the purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of a family; and the homestead not In the town or city of not more than 200 acres of land, in on« or... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1200 pages
...family, while the present constitution widens the exemption, and includes within its protecting folds "a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of the family." The article of the constitution defining the homestead in a city, town, or village, as... | |
 | Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker - Texas - 1888 - 266 pages
...to the value of any improvements thereon ; provided, that the same shall be used for the purpose of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family ; provided also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change the character of the... | |
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