Henry v. Henry

Ames, C.

In 1887 Samuel Gavman died intestate in Dawson county, in this state, where he owned two tracts of , land, which for the sake of brevity will be called section four and section twelve, each tract being 160 acres in extent. Section four was his homestead, occupied as such by himself and family at the time of his death. At that time both tracts were incumbered by separate mortgages, the homestead for $230 and section twelve for $600. In March, 1887, shortly after her husband’s death, the widow was appointed administratrix of his estate, and also as guardian of the children of the…