Brown v. Manos

— The plaintiffs, claiming a homestead right in certain real estate, brought this action to quiet title to the same. The defendant relied upon a judgment which he claimed was a lien superior to the homestead right. The trial was to the court without a jury and resulted in findings of fact, conclusions of law and a judgment quieting title as prayed for in the complaint. From this judgment, the defendant appeals.

The respondent "William Brown on September 15, 1921, was then, and for some years prior thereto had been, the owner of thirteen acres of land upon which he had continuously resided. On…