Lessey v. President of Green Bay
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to tlie District Court for Brown County. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. After the defendant had proved that the consideration for which his note was given was the granting of a grocery license, it then became the duty of the plaintiffs to prove that they had done all that the law required on their part to perform the contract. 1 Cow. & Hill’s notes, Phil.
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ERROR to tlie District Court for Brown County. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. After the defendant had proved that the consideration for which his note was given was the granting of a grocery license, it then became the duty of the plaintiffs to prove that they had done all that the law required on their part to perform the contract. 1 Cow. & Hill’s notes, Phil. Ev. 475. They should have shown that they had passed and published an ordinance on the subject, and had authority to grant a license. The authority relied on was given by the act of March, 1839, incorporating the town…
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
This was an action of assumpsit brought by the defendants in error as plaintiffs below against the plaintiff in error, who was defendant, in the district court of Brown county, to recover the amount due on a promissory note given by the defendant to the plaintiffs, for *487$82.27. The case was tried at the October term, 1842. The note was read as evidence to the jury, and the plaintiffs closed. The defendant then proved that the note was given to the plaintiffs for the balance of $100 which defendant had agreed to pay plaintiffs for a grocery license. The defendant offered the clerk of. the board…
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