O'Donnell v. Brand
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for ■ Milwaukee county sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s-, complaint, the object of which was to obtain a rescission n or cancellation of a written memorandum or agreement off sale by the plaintiff, through his agent, T. Dore, to the defendant of lot 12, block 43, Third ward of Milwaukee; $100 • of the purchase price having been paid at the date thereof*. July…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for ■ Milwaukee county sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s-, complaint, the object of which was to obtain a rescission n or cancellation of a written memorandum or agreement off sale by the plaintiff, through his agent, T. Dore, to the defendant of lot 12, block 43, Third ward of Milwaukee; $100 • of the purchase price having been paid at the date thereof*. July 24,1890, and the balance thereof was to be paid, $2,'400 > September 24th thereafter, $2,500 on the 24th of Novem--ber, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNey, J.
The agreement for the sale and conveyance of the premises in question to the defendant vested in him an interest in land. The plaintiff thereby became a trustee of the legal title for the use of the defendant, and bound to convey it to him upon his paying or securing the payment of the unpaid purchase money as specified in the contract. The defendant thus acquired an equitable title or interest in the lot in question, and the defendant became the trustee of the plaintiff of the unpaid purchase money, and bound to pay it, with interest as stipulated in the agreement. The contract contains no…
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