Trautman v. Kranz

This action involves the meaning to be given a deed. The surrounding circumstances proper to consider disclose *298that in February, 1887, Elizabeth Trautman purchased the lot in controversy; that shortly thereafter she constructed a house thereon, where she lived until her death; that, in January, 1895, she conveyed the property to her son, Frederick C. Trautman, who was then unmarried; that immediately after the execution of this deed, the mother (who was quite old) went away on a trip; that some time after her return, and on November 1st, 1897, the son, Frederick C. Trautman, executed the…