Maisano v. Sauerwine

The Chancellor:

The case of Richards v. Jones, et al., 16 Del. Ch. 227, 142 A. 832, defines the legal principles applicable to this case. That the grantor, when he executed the deed, was the complainant’s lessee under a lease which imposed continuing rental obligations is clear and that the lessee defaulted in his rental obligations is conclusively shown by the two judgments before the justice of the peace.

The only serious question is whether or not the deed *310was executed by the defendant Frederick Sauerwine to his mother, the other defendant, without consideration. The joint answer of the…