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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt:...§ 75. Widow's right to the homestead under statute is not conveyed by the words "All of my property of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situa'ted." In re King, (Cal. 1894) 36 Pac. 806. 56. Illinois.--Choteau r. Jones, 11 111.300, 50 Am. Dec. 460. Indiana.--Dunn v. Tousey, 80 Ind. 288. Missouri.--Hogan v. Page, 22 Mo. 55. Ohio.--McChesney r. Wainwright, 5 Ohio 452. Texas.--Gresham v. Chambers, 80 Tex. 544, 16 S. W. 326; Smith v. Chatham, 14 Tex. 322; Mardez v. Meyers, 8 Tex. Civ. App. 542, 28 S. W. 693. Virginia.--Sulphur Mines Co. r. Thompson, 93 Vn. 293, 25 S. E. 232. See 16 Cent. Dig. tit. "Deeds," § 70. 57. Jeffers v. Radcliff, 10 N. H. 242. 58. Follendore v. Follendore, 110 Ga. 359, 35 S. E. 676; Brown v. Oldham, 123 Mo. 021, 27 S. W. 409; Slack v. Dawes, 3 Tex. Civ. App. 520, 22 S. W. 1053. A description of land as that on which the grantor lives, stating the quantity and general locution, is a sufficient description, there being no other land in the neighborhood belonging to the grantor, although a deed to which the grantor refers for a more particular description never was in fact executed. Smith r. Greaves, 15 Lea (Tenn.) 459. 59. Alabama.--Louisville, etc., R. Co. t". Bovkin, 76 Ala. 560; Wilkinson v. Roper, 74 Ala. 140. Arkansas.--Adams r. Edgerton, 48 Ark. 419, 3 S. W. 628; Howell v. Rve, 35 Ark. 470. California.--Thompson v. Southern California Motor Rond Co., 82 Cal. 497, 23 Pae. 130; Hall v. Shotwell, 66 Cal. 379. 5 Pae. 683; Spect v. Gregg, 51 Cal. 198; Mesick r. Sunderland. 6 Cal. 294; Lick v. O'Donnell, 3 Cal. 59, 58 Am. Dec. 383. Georgia.--Gress Lumber Co. c. Coodv, 94 Ga. 519, 21 S. E. 217. Illinois.--Holston r. Needles, 115 111. 461, 5 N. E. 530; Colcord r. Alexander, 67 111. 581. Indiana.--Burrow v. Ter...