Edwards v. Reid
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Saunders county. Heard below before Bates, J. contending that the homestead was originally acquired and never abandoned, cited : Dorrington v. Myers, 11 Neb., 388 ; Dennis v. Omaha Nat.
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Appeal from the district court of Saunders county. Heard below before Bates, J. contending that the homestead was originally acquired and never abandoned, cited : Dorrington v. Myers, 11 Neb., 388 ; Dennis v. Omaha Nat. Bank, 19 Neb., 677; McFarland v. Washington, 14 S. W. Rep. [Ky.], 354; Reilly v. Reilly, 26 N. E. Rep. [111.], 604; Moore v. Flynn, 25 N. E. Rep. [III.], 844; Duffey v. Willis, 12 S. W. Rep. [Mo.], 520; Rollins v. O’Farrell, 13 S. W. Rep. [Tex.], 102; Freeman, Executions, sec. 248, and cases cited; Eckman v. Scott, 34 Neb., 817; Thompson, Homesteads & Exemptions, sec .285; Rix…
1Opinion of the Court
Ragan, C.
The evidence before us shows that in the year 1881 one Alfred Reid purchased the west half of the southeast quarter of section 25, in township 15 north and range 7 west, in Saunders county, Nebraska, and about the year *6471884 moved upon, improved, and began farming and occupying said land as the homestead of himself and family. Some time after this he conveyed the land to his wife, Sarah A. Reid. That he was a shoemaker by occupation, and being unable, on account of poor health, to do the work on the farm, about the year 1886 he rented a building in Wahoo, to which he and his wife…
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