Webb v. Mason
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. This is a controversy between plaintiff and defendant respecting the purchase of a certain tract of land. The defendant was in possession and claimed to have a contract with the owner of the land, through his agent, for the purchase of it, and that the plaintiff, with knowledge of defendant’s rights under the contract, purchased it and obtained a deed from the owner.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Vernon county: E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. This is a controversy between plaintiff and defendant respecting the purchase of a certain tract of land. The defendant was in possession and claimed to have a contract with the owner of the land, through his agent, for the purchase of it, and that the plaintiff, with knowledge of defendant’s rights under the contract, purchased it and obtained a deed from the owner. The claim of defendant is that the plaintiff succeeded to defendant’s rights in his contract with the owner of the land and that…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
The first question is whether a valid contract of sale was made with defendant. The negotiations were by correspondence. Dinsdale was anxious to sell. The farm was mortgaged and the mortgage held by the Bank of Viroqua. Dinsdale had some other collateral at the bank. He was anxious to get matters fixed up. Dinsdale also wrote one Stoll, who figured some in defendant’s contract of purchase. Stoll wrote inquiring about the purchase of the Dud in question and Dinsdale referred him to the Bank of Viro-qua, as follows:
“The Bank of Viroqua holds a mortgage and I have some other collateral there. I…
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