Burmeister v. Walz

This case presents little difficulty either on the merits or the legal propositions involved. Title to real property appears to have been in Louise Gibson who, with her husband, executed a mortgage thereon to the Danville State Bank to secure a loan of $15,000. Thereafter the husband died. Louise then became involved in some way with Ray Walz, a son of appellee J. J. Walz, who was also married. His wife, Edith, successfully maintained an action against Louise for damages in the sum of $5,000 for the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections. Louise thereupon executed a mortgage for…