Wharton v. Jackson

Goss, District Judge.

This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on a section of land in McPherson county. The controversy is over the question as to whether a decree for alimony is a lien, to what extent it is a lien, and its rank. Earl E. Jackson homesteaded the land, made final proof, received his receiver’s receipt August 14, 1913, recorded it January 3, 1914, received his patent March 4, 1914, and recorded it November 8, 1915. In Douglas county on April 23, 1913, Minerva A. Jackson was granted a decree of divorce from Earl E. Jackson, in which it ivas provided that he should pay $40 then…