Eagen v. Brainard

Augusta Brainard, the deceased, was a woman of limited means, and in the last years of her life was in very poor health. For four years prior to her death she lived with, and was cared for by, her daughter, the plaintiff, Vera H. Eagen. While living with plaintiff she loaned her and her husband $650, and the same was secured by a real estate mortgage. Later, and before she died, she assigned the mortgage to her son, Kellogg Brainard, in trust, to pay the expense for her care and living, and the balance, if any, to pay the expense of the last sickness and death, including funeral expenses.…