Parsons v. Parsons

*434Opinion by

StrANG, C.:

In March, 1886, the plaintiff Roseltha A. Parsons, was the owner in fee of the real estate described in her petition filed in the district coart. The defendant Cyrus Parsons represented to her that his brother, who, he said, was a rich man in Pennsylvania, would purchase the said property of the plaintiff, and pay her $4,000 therefor. The plaintiff consented to sell for that amount. Afterward, said Cyrus Parsons exhibited to the plaintiff a note executed by the defendant, Anson Parsons, payable to the plaintiff on demand, for $4,000, but said he was instructed to hold the…