Williams v. Chapman

The facts are the determining factor in this case. The land involved is a 131-acre farm near the town of Hornick in Woodbury County. Plaintiff has the record title to the land through sheriff’s deed obtained May 6, 1940, in the foreclosure of a mortgage which he had on the place. Plaintiff, who was ninety-five years old in September 1950, operated a retail hardware store in Hornick from 1903 to October 1942, at which time he was forced to close the business because he had become totally blind about March 1942. He had lost the sight in one eye some years before. His wife died in 1913. He had…