Allen v. Holtzman

Citations

• 63 Kan. 40
• 64 P. 966
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 88

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Homestead and Exemptions — Mortgage. A husband, with his. wife and minor children, resided on a tract of forty acres of farming land, occupying the same as a homestead. He died, leaving a will in which he devised the property to his wife. She elected to-take under the will, and thereafter mortgaged the land, while occupying the same with her children, to secure a personal debt. Held, that the mortgage was a valid encumbrance on the land.</p>