Corbett v. Clute

Tbe plaintiff declared on a note for $275 dne January 1, 1900, and a mortgage to secure tbe same on tbe land described in tbe complaint. Tbe defendant admitted tbat sbe executed both tbe note and tbe mortgage, and by way of defense alleged tbat sbe was never indebted, bexself, to tbe plaintiff in any sum, and tbat ber signature to tbis instrument was procured by tbe plaintiff’s agent, and at tbe time sbe signed tbe same tbe said agent said to ber in .substance that Theodore Clute, tbe son of tbe defendant, was indebted to tbe plaintiff in tbe sum of $275 and bad obtained said amount in goods,…