Harden v. Widovich

This case involves an action for money lent. Plaintiffs are George Harden and Annie Harden, his wife. The defendant is Michael Widovich. He and Mrs. Harden had been intimate for some 2 years prior to the occurrence of the matters here to be related.

George Harden, having “a feeling” about banks, kept in a trunk in his home a substantial amount of cash. Last counted by him in January of 1957, it amounted to $17,500. In April of that year he discovered that $15,000 of this sum was missing. He saw, he testified, in a dresser drawer a promissory note (which later disappeared) for such sum, which…