Howe v. Blomenkamp

Plaintiffs have appealed from a decree dismissing their suit to quiet title. The land described in the petition is an 80-acre tract in Adams county. While George W. Howe owned and occupied it as a homestead with his wife and seven minor children, he died intestate November 2, 1880. At that time its value was less than $2,000. The plaintiffs, Ralph Warner Howe and Victor Edmond. Howe, are sons of the decedent, and claim an undivided seventh interest each in the land, the widow having died in November, 1906. The other children claim no interest in the land. A guardian for plaintiffs was…