Legal Fight for Claim of $2,000

The case of an appeal of Charles Dunn from the disallowance of his claim against the estate of Isaac Dunn.

Charles Dunn claims that his father made a contract with him 25 years ago whereby he was to have the 32-acre farm just north of the city upon the death of the father and on condition that he move there and live there. He worked the farm for a number of years and now waives the specific performance of the contract and puts in a claim for $2,500 for services and for money advanced by his wife to fix up the place.

The other heirs are resisting it and assert that all the money advanced by the wife was expended long before he went on the farm. That Charles Dunn borrowed money to put on the place and that Isaac Dunn paid the debts. In fact it is denied that there was any such contract.