Zwick v. Johns

cedents: eiecto°taSe tome-stead. The facts of this case, disclosed by the pleadings and evidence, are that one John R. Smith died on May 28, 1882, seized of eighty acres of land m Cherokee county, Iowa. He left a widow, Hen a A. Smith, and four minor children. At the time of his death, and for several years prior thereto, Smith and' his family had lived upon and occupied said premises as their homestead. After his death the widow and children continued to occupy said land as a homestead until the fall of 1883, when the widow married one Joseph Prinkey. After that they all occupied said…