Hansen
Hansen v. Ohman
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Gilbert, J.
The appellant, in her complaint against the appellees, alleged that in 1914 she was the owner of a house in Cordova, which stood upon land not yet subdivided into lots; that about October, 1914, the appellee, Albert Ohman, the nephew- of Oscar Ohman, made his home with her; that in October, 1915, when the appellant was about to depart for an extended visit to Minnesota, she entered into an agreement with Albert, in which he promised to occupy said house during her absence and use the household furniture therein and take care of the same, and that upon the subdivision of said land he would purchase for her the lot on which the house stood; that in 1917 the land was subdivided and the land occupied by her house became lot 4 in block 2, Railway addition; that in January, 1919, said lot was purchased by the appellees in their joint names for the consideration of $100, of which fact she was uninformed until after her return to Cordova in December, 1922; that in July, 1923, the appellees forcibly ejected her fróm the house; that the household furniture therein, which they had used and occupied, was worn out, destroyed, or carried away, to her damage in the sum of $500. She prayed that…