Nielsen v. Central Nebraska Land & Investment Co.

This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on 160 acres of land. A decree of foreclosure was rendered, and defendants appeal.

In 1891 the land was owned by one Nielsen, who with his wife, Nielsine Nielsen, and family resided upon it as a homestead. Nielsen died in 1891, leaving surviving him his wife and ten children. In September, 1892, the widow procured a decree from the county court of Custer county under the so-called “Baker” decedent act, setting apart the entire estate in the premises to her in fee simple as a homestead. In 1893 Mrs. Nielsen sold the premises to John Hanson and conveyed…