Dinslage v. Stratman

Cain, C.

This action was brought by Henry Dinslage, as administrator of the estate of Thresa Stratman, to recover the sum. of $1,400 from the defendant, Frank Stratman, for money loaned him by Thresa Stratman in her lifetime. The defense interposed was that, while the defendant had been indebted to Thresa Stratman in the amount named, he had paid it, by her direction, to her granddaughter Tracey Dinslage. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court directed the jury to render a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,035.75, Defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled,-he…