Contracts Keyed to Knapp
Kirksey v. Kirksey
ProfessorMelissa A. Hale
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Facts
Plaintiff was the wife of Defendant’s brother, but was now a widow with several children. Plaintiff lived on leased public land would have attempted to secure the land had she continued to reside there. Defendant lived approximately sixty to seventy miles from Plaintiff. After hearing of his brother’s death, Defendant wrote Plaintiff and offered to provide her with land to live on if she came to see him Plaintiff left the public land she was leasing and moved to Defendant’s land. For the first two years, Defendant put Plaintiff and her family up in a comfortable home and gave her land to cultivate. After the first two years, Defendant removed Plaintiff and placed her in an uncomfortable house in the woods. Defendant then required that Plaintiff leave the house in the woods.
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