Merchants' National Bank v. Raymond
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. The case is stated in the opinion. By ch. 243, Laws of 1862, the court is authorized to render judgment for a deficiency, and to render judgment against a third party liable for the debt.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. The case is stated in the opinion. By ch. 243, Laws of 1862, the court is authorized to render judgment for a deficiency, and to render judgment against a third party liable for the debt. By the decision in Todd v. Lee (15 Wis. 365; 16 id. 480), it is competent to proceed against a married woman by complaint in the nature of a bill for a receiver, and for the sale of her separate property to pay her debts contracted in business. It is not entirely settled that for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon J.
The facts in this action áre correctly stated in the brief of counsel for the appellant, as follows: “ This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Milwaukee county, sustaining a demurrer to a complaint. The complaint alleges that' the respondent is wife of one Frank Raymond, and that she and one Wade were partners, under the firm name of Raymond and Wade, with the consent of her husband; that as such partners they made a contract with the defendant to discount a note of $1,000, and if desired, from time to time to renew the same for a year, upon the agreement that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cary v. WheelerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
- Mead v. BagnallWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
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