Wertz v. Mulloy

In September, 1903, Mrs. Athenaiss Mulloy, a widow, lived in a house upon a lot in an addition to the city of Kankakee with her daughter Alice Mulloy, and with the six children of a deceased daughter-in-law. Mrs. Mulloy was then between sixty-three and sixty-four years of age and Alice was thirty-six years of age. Another daughter, Mary Mulloy, was a teacher in Chicago, and considered this place her home. On September 23, 1903, Mrs. Mulloy entered into a written contract with W. P. McIIatton, by which the latter was to remodel said house and build a new addition thereto, according to plans…