He Brought His Mistress to His Wife’s Funeral Not Knowing She Had Left Behind a 47 Million Plan – The Archivist

Then Patricia slid the pen lower.

A discharge notice. Dated September 1949. Signed by the loan officer. Recorded. Paid in full. Released from the property eighteen months before Carl Jessup sold the land to Raymond Pratt.

Gerald stared.

“So the lien was cleared,” he said.

“Yes.”

“In 1949.”

“Yes.”

“And my father bought in 1952.”

“Yes.”

He looked at her, and continue reading …