Riggs v. Sterling

The action in this case is ejectment, to recover the possession of less than forty acres of land- situate *645■in the county of Wayne, and not included in any town plat, ■city, or village. It was purchased by William Sterling, the husband of the defendant, in 1874, and was used and •occupied by them as their homestead until the sixth day of March, 1883, when the husband died, and the defendant has made the same her home, continuing the occupancy thereof by herself and tenants up to the time of commencing this ■suit.

The husband, desiring that his wife should have the property in case óf his death,…