72 Vt. 71 | Vt. | 1899
The orator, an unmarried man without children, living with his mother in hired rooms and contributing to the expense, bought a piece of land upon which there was an old shop, and from time to time, as his other work permitted, made the changes necessary to convert the shop into a dwelling. Before these repairs were completed the defendants attached the property ; and after this attachment the orator and his mother moved into the building, where they have since kept house. The master finds that the orator bought and improved and kept the property with the intention of making a dwelling for himself and his mother; and that at and ever after the time of the attachment he was the housekeeper or head of the family, if an unmarried man without children can be such in law.
The orator could acquire a homestead, for an unmarried man without children can be the head of a family and a housekeeper. Pierce v. Cusic, 56 Vt. 418. The orator’s intention and prepara
Decree affirmed and cause remanded.