Dittey v. Ellifritz

This case comes up on error from the court of common pleas of this county. An agreed statement of facts was submitted to the court'below. Joseph Ellifritz, a resident of Hillsboro, Ohio, being heavily indebted to divers and sundry persons, both as an individual and as a member of the firm of J. S. Ellifritz & Co., woolen manufacturers, left, his home on South St., Hillsboro, early in February, 1894, on what was supposed to be in the interest of his trade. He left his family, consisting of a wife and four children, in the homestead. There were no mortgage liens on the homestead, nor had the…