Knittel v. G. Sommers & Co.

On September 27, 1932, G. Sommers & Co. caused a judgment it had recovered against Wilhelm Knittel to be docketed in Edmunds County. The judgment debtor brought this action to determine adverse claims to a residence property in the town of Hosmer and the sole question presented was whether this property constituted the homestead of the plaintiff and was, therefore, exempt from execution sale. Plaintiff and his family actually occupied the premises from 1910 until June 15, 1944, when the property was leased and the family went to the state of California. The original homestead character of the…