Hoefling v. Borsen

— On December 5, 1918, the plaintiff entered into a contract with the defendant Mrs. Borsen, whereby the plaintiff agreed to buy, and Mrs. Borsen agreed to sell, for the consideration of $10,000, a certain 22-acre farm, the contract to be performed on March 1, 1919. On the latter date, the plaintiff tendered performance, and Mrs. Borsen refused. Her grounds of refusal present the questions for consideration. The only defense set up by her in her original answer was a denial of certain allegations of the petition, which denial, however, was predicated upon her alleged mental ineompetency to…