Jefferson v. Tom

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in an action to quiet title. On the first page o'f her brief the defendant states two questions are involved, (1) the effect of the homestead declaration filed on the lot in dispute by the wife of the owner during his lifetime, said homestead never having been abandoned, and (2) is the wife now estopped to assert any right or interest in the lot in behalf of the estate of her deceased husband.

The plaintiffs’ complaint was in the ordinary form. In her answer the defendant denied many of the allegations contained in…