Schribar v. Maxwell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action brought by the appellee, Laura B. Schribar, to set aside a deed to a tract of land which she had made to the appellant, John M. Maxwell, and which it was alleged he fraudulently obtained from her. She owned one hundred acres of land in Kansas, worth about $3500, and had given two mortgages thereon, one for $700 and another for $200. It was alleged that Maxwell induced her to convey to him, in exchange for a cash payment of $100, a stock of goods which he represented to be of the value of $1600, and the transfer to her…