Barlow Grain & Stock Exchange v. Nilson

This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover of the defendant upon a contract made between the defendant and her husband for the benefit of the plaintiff. The facts necessary to be stated are that in November, 1923, one Andrew Gf. Nilson was mortally ill; that he transferred to his wife, Johanna Nilson, the defendant, a quarter section of land upon which they had long resided. The plaintiff attempted to show that the land, as well as the personal property of Andrew G. Nilson, was transferred to the defendant in pursuance of an agreement whereby she was to pay any indebtedness…