Brigham v. Pfister

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action to partition real estate. C. D. Pfister died owning an interest in seventy-eight acres of Brown county land. This land constituted his homestead at the time of his death, but his administrator claims part of the property may now be applied to the satisfaction of the debts of his estate. Judgment was for certain heirs holding that their share of the estate was not subject to pay the debts of the -father. The administrator appeals.

The deceased was survived by his widow, two married daughters, who did not live on the property,…