Burgess v. Albert

To understand the complicated facts of this case, and the questions presented by this appeal, it is essential to state briefly, in chronological order, the events which give rise to the present controversy. Mrs. Ruth Oreen, while a widow, and fully capable to contract at law, in December, 1873, made her promissory note for $249, payable to the plaintiff one day after date with ten-per-cent, interest. At that time she was entitled to part of the proceeds of her deceased husband’s estate, which, in 1879, she invested in the purchase of the realty hereinafter mentioned. She had married one…