Schaper v. Schaper

On the 21st of November, 1874, Herman Schaper, the husband of Maria Schaper, bought or pretended to buy of his mother, Caroline Schaper, and his brother, Christian Schaper, who then conveyed to him by deed, their undivided interest—■ the one as widow and the other as devisee—in the lands whereof his father, Christopher Schaper. died seized, and also to buy of the said Caroline twenty acres of other land, which she then conveyed to him by the same deed, and certain personal property, which she claimed to own individually. In consideration thereof he gave Christian his promissory note for…