Sanderson v. Everson

The defendants Alex C. Everson and Canzada Everson, husband and wife, were the owners of lots 1, 2 and 3, in block 18, of the Kearney Land & Investment Company’s Choice addition to the city of Kearney, in Buffalo county, and occupied the property as a family homestead; the apparent title to the property being held by the wife, Canzada Everson. On the 21st of May, 1910, the husband sold the property to plaintiff, Peter A. Sanderson, the agreed price being $4,000. Plaintiff paid the sum of $500, when defendant Alex C. Everson executed to him the following receipt: “Kearney, Nebr., May 21, 1910.…