Sawyer v. Biggart

1 *4912 *490In 1889 the plaintiff and her husband, Samuel Sawyer, entered into a written agreement of separation, under which the husband conveyed to her certain property in Olin, and retained the 50 acres of land in controversy, divided the personal property, and each constituted the other his attorney in fact with authority to join in his name and stead in the conveyance of all the other property •ahove mentioned. Afterwards Samuel Sawyer executed a deed of the 50 acres mentioned to defendant, attaching thereto his own signature and that of his wife, by virtue of the alleged power of attorney. He…