Johnson v. Taylor

Gould, Associate Justice.

Alexander Johnson, sr., died in 1863, leaving his wife, Martha, and their only child, Alex. Johnson, surviving. His estate consisted of *122the homestead of one hundred and forty acres, being the community property of himself and wife, and some other property exempt from forced sale, and he left some debts, which have never been paid. There was no administration on the estate, but the surviving wife filed an inventory and appraisement of the community property, under the marital rights act of August 26, 1856, and afterwards sold and conveyed the homestead to parties from…