Guardian State Bank & Trust Co. v. Jacobson

The Guardian State Bank and Trust Co., as the personal representative of the estate of Marjorie Shepard, deceased, commenced this action to recover amounts loaned or advanced to the defendant, Myron John Jacobson, by the deceased in her lifetime, and rent due her from the defendant for the years 1979 through 1982. The petition sought an accounting and a judgment for the amount due.

The case was submitted to the jury upon a form of special verdict. The jury found that the decedent had loaned the defendant $77,527.89 and had advanced $26,207.85 to the defendant but that these debts had been…