Legal Opinion

Jones v. Caird

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 29, 1913PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Waupaca county: Eyeow E. Paek, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment dismissing the complaint of tbe plaintiff.

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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Waupaca county: Eyeow E. Paek, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment dismissing the complaint of tbe plaintiff. The plaintiff on November 29, 1899, being the owner of certain real property, executed to bis daughter, then aged fifteen years, Agnes B. Jones, now tbe defendant Agnes B. Caird, and caused to be recorded in tbe office of tbe register of deeds of tbe proper county,, a warranty deed of this real estate in ordinary form, except that it contained tbe following inserted after tbe description of tbe property: “This deed is given upon…

1Opinion of the Court

Timlin, J.(1) When a father executes and causes to be recorded in the register’s office a deed of his land to his infant child, brings this to the knowledge of the child, and the grant is beneficial to the infant, and the latter thereafter makes claim to the land under the deed, its acceptance is presumed and the delivery is complete. Whiting v. Hoglund, 127 Wis. 135, 106 N. W. 391; Cooper v. Jackson, 4 Wis. *387537; Cerney v. Pawlot, 66 Wis. 262, 28 N. W. 183; Northwestern Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Wright, ante, p. 252, 139 N. W. 1078; Arrington v. Arrington, 122 Ala. 510, 26 South. 152; Edlich v.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Wilson v. CarricoIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Chambers v. ChambersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  3. Ferguson v. MasonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  4. White v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  5. Arrrington v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Shaull v. ShaullSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  2. Estate of Horkan v. CroalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Johnson v. LaveneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  4. Lamberson v. LambersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Sprunger v. EnsleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1920

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