Cerjance v. Kehres

Andersen, J.—

Facts of Case

The plaintiff, Leone R. Cerjance, gave $14,000 to the defendants. The defendants are the plaintiff's daughter, Lenore Kehres, and the daughter's husband, Harold Kehres. The plaintiff then brought this suit on the basis that while the defendants now claimed the money was a gift, it had in fact been obtained from the plaintiff by "fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and undue influence."

Although the parties did not make the defendants' answer a part of the appellate record, such record as we do have indicates that the defendants counterclaimed for abuse of process and…