Van Pelt v. Johnson

Robinson, Justice.

The alleged abandonment of a homestead by a widow is the issue. Louis Clark was married twice and had children by each marriage. Those by the first wife filed this suit claiming the second wife, the widow of Clark, had abandoned the homestead; and also alleged the widow is liable for the rents and profits she has made and collected since such alleged abandonment. All the children of Clark have reached their majority. The Chancellor held that the widow had not abandoned the homestead.

Clark died intestate in 1926, leaving a widow, minor children, and a homestead consisting of…