Kilgore v. Withroder
Kilgore v. Withroder
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The action was one to cancel a note and a real estate mortgage securing the note. Plaintiff prevailed, and defendant appeals.
At the death of her husband, Martha Kilgore attempted to settle his estate without administration. When she had exhausted the assets in paying debts, she found herself without means to pay a note to Withroder for the sum of $400. Without any consideration moving to her, she then signed her husband’s note. Withroder contends the consideration was that he would not institute probate proceedings and file a claim against the Kilgore estate, but the testimony at the trial did not furnish a basis for the contention. After she signed the note, Mrs. Kilgore received some funds from her father’s estate, with which she purchased lots in Hutchinson, which she proceeded to occupy as a homestead for herself and her daughters, one
The questions involved are simple questions of fact, and the judgment of cancellation is amply sustained by evidence. It would serve no useful purpose to print and to debate the testimony, and the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
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