Marshall v. Swaim

THOMPSON (IRA F.), J.

The defendant was the wife of Dr. Clement Swaim, who owned a residence in Mexico City which he had been endeavoring to sell for two or three years prior to July 9, 1925. On the date mentioned the nego- tiations had reached the point where he and his wife, the defendant, signed a special power of attorney authorizing one Charles F. Pettijohn to sign and carry into effect a contract for the exchange of the dwelling for an orange grove in California. The exchange was actually consummated in Mexico on August 7, 1925. The Mexico City property was leased and on August 12th the…