Jackson v. Finch

Jackson sued Finch and his wife to recover back money paid on an executory contract for the sale of *317land. A demurrer was sustained to the complaint, as to the wife. The issues between the plaintiff and the husband were submitted to a jury. Verdict for the defendant. Motion for a new trial overruled and exceptions filed. The evidence is in the record.

Catharine Finch, the wife of the defendant, was the widow of Christian Neff, deceased. The latter died in 1868, intestate, seized of the land which is the subject of the contract, leaving him surviving Catharine, his widow, and three children by…