Masterson v. Masterson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

A proposition'was made by G. W. Masterson, a widower, seventy-two years of age, that if his nephew, Mark Masterson, and his wife would move to his farm and provide a home for him during his life he would give him eighty acres of it, subject to a mortgage of $2000, and a half interest in the remainder. The proposition was accepted, but the uncle shortly traded his farm for one of eighty acres, the title to which he took in himself and his nephew, and the arrangement was modified accordingly, the understanding being that the uncle, should be…