Lange v. Allen

In her complaint, the plaintiff claims to own a certain tract therein described containing ten acres of land, her title being derived from the defendants, Edith L. Allen and Hugh P. Allen, her husband, through a deed executed by their attorney in fact. She says, in substance, that the power of attorney under which the deed was made contained certain provisions which would authorize the execution of such a conveyance as that under which she claims; that this evidence of agency was not recorded but was lost; that now the defendants, including the attorney in fact, claim that the fee-simple…