Pfeuffer v. Haas

mcclendon, o. j.

Ernest Haas and Emma Haas (husband and wife) sued Thekla Pfeuffer, individually and as surviving partner of George Pfeuffer Lumber Company, Pred Pfeuffer as independent executor of the estate of U. S. Pfeuffer, deceased, and Tug S. Pfeuffer, to cancel (1) a deed to real estate, the separate property of Emma Haas and the family homestead; and (2) a note and contract executed by Ernest Haas, on the ground of duress predicated upon threats of criminal prosecution of Ernest Haas on the charge of embezzling funds of the lumber company while in its employ as bookkeeper and assistant…