Van Doren v. Miller

Citations

• 14 S.D. 264
• 85 N.W. 187
• 1901 S.D. LEXIS 5

Syllabus

<p>Under the provision of Rev. St. U. S. §2296, relative to homestead entries, that “no lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor,” the person making the entry having conveyed his interest in the land to his wife, and it having subsequently come to him through succession to her estate, on her death, all before issuance of the patent, it is, not liable for his debts contracted while she owned it.</p> <p>Fuller, P. J., dissenting.</p>