Hickok v. Kennedy

This is an action by a widow for the recovery of a city lot, formerly conveyed by her husband, now deceased, to the defendant, his niece. The theory of the action is that the deed is void because it conveyed a portion of the homestead of the parties, without the wife’s signature. With the exception of a small part of the rear end of the lot the trial court held for the defendant and her codefendant husband, and plaintiff appeals. The case turns upon determination of whether the lot was a portion of the homestead at' the time of the conveyance.

In 1920 Ansel Hiekok bought what is now block 8 of…