Austin v. Moe

The cause of action, insisted upon is a note for $700 given by the appellant to the respondent, November 1, 1880, due at any time. The answer states, in substance, that the plaintiff is the mother of the defendant’s wife, and in 1871 came to live with them in their family, and was maintained and taken care of by them until the year 1880, when the said defendant procured for her a pension from the United States of eight dollars per month, and back pay of about $1,600, and paid the expenses of procuring the same, and the plaintiff thereupon paid the defendant $700 of said money in consideration…