Wegmann v. Bacon

The complainant and his wife, Louisa, came to Rosenhayn, New Jersey, in 1898, and a tract of land was purchased of one Purvis, through Mr. Bacon, for the sum of $500. The title was taken in the wife's name. They remained on the Rosenhayn farm from 1898 until 1914, when they moved to Vineland. Two deeds were offered in evidence, made by John P. Gaze et ux. to Louisa Wegmann, each conveying a tract of land fifty feet in front by one hundred and ninety feet in depth in Vineland. One deed recites a consideration of one dollar and other valuable consideration, the other the sum of $400.

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