Opinion

Chamberlain v. Brown

  • 33 S.C. 597
  • 11 S.E. 439
  • 1890 S.C. LEXIS 95
Court
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Filed
Apr 28, 1890
Status
Published
Author
McGowan
On the bench
McGowan
Cited by
6 cases
Authority
More cited than 80.9%

The opinion

Opinion by Mr.

Justice McGowan,

A single woman is the head of a family, and as such entitled to a homestead in a tract of land owned by her in fee, where she supports an invalid sister who resides with her (the homestead claimant), and has no other means of support. Judgment (Fraser, J.) affirmed.

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