Bergen v. Keiser

Conger J.

This was an action of assumpsit brought by appellee against appellant for the value of certain machinery purchased by appellant’s husband and placed in the mill of appellant. It appears that Mrs. Bergen traded certain property owned by her in Jacksonville for three lots in the village of Minier, with the mill in question upon the east lot, the middle lot vacant, and a dwelling house upon the west lot, in which appellant with her husband and family resided. In 1880, after making the trade, they moved into the dwelling house and Bergen commenced running the mill. There was no contract…