Bohn v. Bohn

Appellee is the widow and appellant is the son of H. N. Bohn, deceased. The widow filed her bill to compel an accounting for rents upon such part of the homestead as had been occupied, over her protest, by appellant. The suit was transferred to the circuit court, and the declaration sought reasonable rental of such portion so occupied, and ejectment. A peremptory instruction upon the issue of liability was granted to the widow, and judgment for rents and for ejectment was entered upon the verdict of the jury.

The question immediately presented is whether a widow over sixty years of age is…