Berggren v. Bliss

Frank W. Berggren, plaintiff, filed his petition in the district court for Polk county to obtain a $2,000 homestead exemption in a certain tract of land formerly owned by him, but which was sold to satisfy a certain judgment rendered against him and in favor of the receiver of the Farmers State Bank of Stromsburg, December 18, 1929. From a judgment denying his application for such homestead exemption, the -plaintiff has appealed.

The record discloses that the plaintiff and his family resided for about 20 years on the southeast quarter of section 26, township 13, range 2, in Polk county. It…