Quealy Land & Live Stock Co. v. George

BROWN, District Judge.

The defendant below, Herman George, is the son of Henrietta George. Amy C. George is his wife. As early as 1914, Herman George made arrangements with his mother to finance him in the taking and developing of a tract of government land. Under this arrangement she furnished him with the necessary money for buildings, fencing, ditching, plowing, and doing everything necessary to develop raw government land into a farm. In all she furnished $11,000. that went into improving the land. Then she furnished money to buy horses, harness and farm machinery, and to stock the place…