Case Name: AMES v. ELDRED et al.
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 55 Cal. 136
Docket Number: No. 6,552
Parties: AMES v. ELDRED et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 55
Pages: 136–136

Head Matter:
[No. 6,552.
Department No. 2.]
AMES v. ELDRED et al.
Declaration of Homestead—Construction of Statute. — Under § 1263 Civil Code, a declaration must contain an estimate of the actual cash value. So held, with reference to a declaration of homestead that stated that the ' actual cash value was 15,000 and over.
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, in the Seventeenth District Court, County of Los Angeles. Sepulveda, J.
. The facts are stated in the opinion.
Thom & Ross, and C. N. Wilson, for Appellants.
The declaration of homestead contains no estimate of the actual cash value of the land, as required by § 1263 Civil Code.
James H. Blanchard, and Will. D. Gould, for Respondent:
Cited Civil Code, §§ 1263, 1245, 1255; Estate of Delaney; 87 Cal. 182; Myers v. Ford, 22 Wis. 139.

Opinion:
Myrick, J.:
' The only question in this case is, as to the sufficiency of the declaration of homestead. Referring to the valuation of the premises, the declaration states " that the actual cash value is $5,000 and over." Section 1263 Civil Code provides that the declaration must contain an estimate of the actual cash value.
To say that a piece of property is of the value of $5,000 and over, is not to give an estimate of the actual cash value: it is not to say whether the property is worth $5,000 or $50,000. (Ashley v. Olmstead, 54 Cal. 616.)
. Judgment reversed and cause remanded, with directions to sustain the demurrer to the complaint.
Thornton, J., and Sharpstein, J., concurred.