Stuyvesant v. Wilcox

This is an action for assault and battery. *235Defendant is the son-in-law of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was the owner of 80 acres of land in the township of Decatur, Yan Burén county. He was a man 79 years of age- On February 4, 1890, he and his wife executed to the defendant a deed of the farm, and took back from the defendant an instrument in the nature of a mortgage, to secure to the plaintiff and his wife their support during the term of their natural lives. At the time of the making of this deed plaintiff was possessed of some considerable personal property, and when he and his wife went…