Supreme Court of Alabama December 15, 1876 (Watts v. Burnett)

STONE, J.

The homestead claimed in the present case is in the city of Greenville. The right must be tested as of January 21st, 1870, the date of the mortgage against which the claim is set up. The constitution of 1868 controls the question of the validity of the mortgage. Under that constitution, the residence of Mr. and Mrs.