Sarahas v. Fenlon
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte County. The opinion following, contains a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. 1. The constitution and statutes of Kansas exempt a homestead to the extent' of 160 acres of farming land, or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence by the family of the owner.
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Error from Wyandotte County. The opinion following, contains a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. 1. The constitution and statutes of Kansas exempt a homestead to the extent' of 160 acres of farming land, or of one acre within the limits of an incorporated town or city, occupied as a residence by the family of the owner. Gen. Stat., 58, 59, 473. 2. Farming lands may be situated wholly within such corporate limits, or partly within and partly without such limits, and the extent of the farming land homestead not be restricted thereby. Thornton v. Boy-den, 31 III., 200 ; 12 Iowa,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Kingman, C, J.
It appears from the case made, that the plaintiff in error owned one hundred and two and three-quarters acres of land in the county of Wyandotte; seventeen and one-fourth acres of this land is included in the corporate limits of the city of Wyandotte, and has been since before the adoption of our constitution. The whole tract is irregular in shape, being bounded by ten lines, forming all right angles. If it were cut into two pieces by the city boundary, the line of that part of the country tract abutting upon the city would be one hundred and sixty rods in length.…
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