California Supreme Court July 1, 1861 (Williams v. Young)

Baldwin, J. delivered the opinion of the Court

Field, C. J. concurring.

1. This was ejectment for a lot in Shasta; the defendant, as *406widow of one Young, claiming a right of homestead under the late law in respect to homesteads. She and her late husband were mulattoes; and the point was made below that the Homestead Act did not apply to such persons.