Foltz v. Maxwell

These plaintiffs began this action in the district court for Dakota county to set aside an administrator’s deed and to establish and quiet their title in two lots in the town of Dakota City in that county. Their father and mother owned these lots, and died intestate. An administrator was appointed of their respective estates, and, upon proceedings brought for that purpose, the administrator sold the lots at public sale to pay claims allowed against the estate of the decedents. The district court determined that the lots constituted the homestead of the decedents, and that the administrator’s…