Henkel v. Bohnke

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

On January 1, 1886, the defendant, G. Henkel, bought the land described in plaintiff’s petition from Thomas H. Breeding, and for deferred payments of the purchase money executed six notes therein set out for $250 each, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, and providing for 10 per cent attorney’s fees in case of suit thereon.

At the time of the purchase Henkel was a married man and the head of a family, and immediately moved upon the land and occupied the same as a homestead, and was occupying it as such at the time of the trial in the court below. He…