Steinke-Seidl Lumber Co. v. Newdall

Plaintiff appealed from an adverse judgment. It has two judgments against Magnus Newdall. In each debtor bought building material on credit and. used the same in the improvement of an 80-acre farm, which was debtor’s homestead. Upon each account, with the exception of a few items, plaintiff under art. 1, § 12, of our state constitution could have resorted to the homestead for payment of the indebtedness.

Partial payments were^made upon the account; plaintiff took notes for the balance; and the notes were reduced to judgments without the record in the action showing what the consideration of…