Brandhoefer v. Bain

Irvine, C.

Adam Brandhoefer entered the west half of the southeast quarter of section 20, in township 11 north, of range 1 west, in York county, under the federal homestead law. A patent was issued to him in 1878. In 1885 Brandhoefer and wife conveyed the land to Leonidas A. Brandhoefer, and in 1886 Leonidas Brandhoefer conveyed it to Eliza Brandhoefer, the wife of Adam. In 1891 Eliza Brandhoefer died, and on February 29, 1892, the county court of York county, on application of Adam Brandhoefer, set aside the land in question as the homestead of the husband, the county court apparently acting…