Philbrick v. Andrews

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

— Respondent and his two minor children of his first wife live upon certain land patented to him during the life of that wife, by the government, as a homestead claim. The first wife died and he married a second time, and his second wife procured a divorce from him. The decree of divorce adjudged that the wife have and recover of her husband (respondent here) the sum of §1,500 as alimony,, the same to be a “lien upon the property of the said defendant. ’ ’ No property, real or personal, was mentioned or described in the decree, nor does it…