Estate of McKenzie

The parties to' the suit have assumed that because the premises involved were located in the village of Dancy the homestead of the deceased was limited to one fourth of an acre in extent, and have entirely omitted consideration of a statute which in our view controls the one-fourth-acre limitation of homesteads to cities and incorporated villages. Sub. (33) of sec. 370.01, Stats., which lays down the rules for the construction of statutes, reads:

“The word ‘village’ imports only a municipal corporation organized by some special act or under some general law, except when a different definition…