Dovey v. Dovey

Tbis is an action to recover $7,500 in money paid to tbe defendant Oliver 0. Dovey, and for tbe return and cancelation of certain notes, and a mortgage given to secure tbe same, delivered to him, on the ground that they were obtained by duress. The issues were made up, and a trial to tbe district court for Douglas county resulted in a judg*626ment for the defendant, and the plaintiffs have brought the case to this court by an appeal.

The evidence discloses that George E. Dovey and his father, E. G. Dovey, as equal partners, entered into a co-partnership in 1876, under the firm name of E. G. Dovey…