Doty v. Clint

—The defendant Francis M. Clint was married to John G. Clint in 1865, and they have since lived together as husband and wife.

In February, 1878, the husband purchased from his brother Theodore some land known as the Barringer farm.

*88The defendant’s mother Maria Ketch advanced to her $550, the proceeds of a house and lot which she owned, upon an agreement between the defendant, her mother and the husband, that the husband should secure and pay the amount to his wife.

For more than ten years, ending in 1880, the mother received a pension of ninety-six dollars a year, payable quarterly, all of which…