# Chamberlain v. Brown

> Supreme Court of South Carolina · April 28, 1890 · 33 S.C. 597

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6677293

## Case

- **Full name:** Chamberlain v. Brown
- **Court:** Supreme Court of South Carolina
- **Decided:** April 28, 1890
- **Citations:** 33 S.C. 597; 11 S.E. 439; 1890 S.C. LEXIS 95
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by McGowan
- **Judges:** McGowan
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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