Estate of Dittemore v. Dittemore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment holding that a certain farm in Doniphan county was a homestead and exempt from execution for the satisfaction of certain claims against the estate of its late owner, John Dittemore. Certain incidental questions are also presented for review. These will be noted later if they require attention, otherwise not.

John Dittemore was a bachelor and owned a farm of 116% acres in Doniphan county. He had a brother who owned a neighboring farm of 300 acres on which he lived with his wife and three small sons. In 1906…