Wiss v. Stewart

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The appellant, Edith Wiss, before her marriage became the owner of the land in controversy, which is a lot in the town of Puyallup. The property is improved as a residence, and it is uncontradicted that the appellant and her husband have continuously occupied it as their homestead for the three years prior to the trial of the cause, and were at the time of such trial occupying it as such. The value of the place is conceded to be $700. The respondent W. A. Stewart, on September 30, 1895, filed with the auditor of Pierce county a judgment which…