Reusch v. Shafer

The facts are the controlling factors in this case. The plaintiff’s father died in 1916 when plaintiff was a minor, and the defendant John Shafer was appointed administrator of the father’s estate, and guardian of the plaintiff’s property. The guardianship was closed about 1927, and about March 1, 1928, Shafer borrowed $2500 from his former ward, on Shafer’s promissory note, without any security. On August 20, 1920, John Shafer and his wife, Johanna, conveyed by warranty deed to his wife a half section of land in O’Brien County, and the residence property in controversy, which is described as…