Soma v. Handrulis

The plaintiff, an illiterate woman who had resided in Yonkers for more than forty years, was there employed as a weaver in a carpet factory. She had some real property and maintained a deposit in the Yonkers Peoples Savings Bank. Prior to July 31, 1931, there had been negotiations for the sale of one parcel of her real property to Martha Thomas. On that date the sale was consummated in the presence of a representative from a lawyer’s office, and she received from the purchaser a check, dated August first, drawn on the Westchester Trust Company, for $9,947.26, in payment. Whilst the plaintiff…