Banfield v. Schulderman

Charles C. Banfield filed a petition in the Probate Department of the Circuit Court for Multnomah county, Oregon, praying that lot 9, block 5, in Howe's addition to Portland, with the dwelling house thereon and its appurtenances, be set apart as his homestead.

The allegations of the petition are substantially as follows:

On March 26, 1913, the petitioner was intermarried with Marie Banfield, who died on February 2, 1928, an inhabitant of Multnomah county, and possessed of personal and real property, including the property above described, which, at the time of her decease and for ten years…