Davis v. Neihardt

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, file this bill to set aside an execution levy on and a sale of 40 acres of land located in Kalkaska county, worth not to exceed $1,500, which they claim as a homestead. Plaintiff William H. Davis had lived on the farm, which consisted of 80 acres, before and after his marriage, for a period of 40 years. It had belonged to his father and in 1906, after his father’s death, he bought out the other heirs and at that time placed a mortgage on the 80 for $625 and sold $500 worth of timber from the farm. He does not appear to have fared well financially and in January…