Gale v. Cutler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from a decree in equity of the District' Court for Milwaukee County. Gale filed a bill in equity against Cutler, in the Milwaukee county district court, setting forth: That on or about the 10th March, 1838, Cutler was in possession of the N. E. fractional quarter of sec. 3, T. 6, R. 19, in Milwaukee county, then the property of the United States, and in expectation that it would be shortly sold at public sale, agreed in writing with Gale.to convey to him by deed the…
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APPEAL from a decree in equity of the District' Court for Milwaukee County. Gale filed a bill in equity against Cutler, in the Milwaukee county district court, setting forth: That on or about the 10th March, 1838, Cutler was in possession of the N. E. fractional quarter of sec. 3, T. 6, R. 19, in Milwaukee county, then the property of the United States, and in expectation that it would be shortly sold at public sale, agreed in writing with Gale.to convey to him by deed the said land whenever it could be purchased, upon the express understanding and condition that Gale should pay to him…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The bill of complaint of John Gale, Jr., filed in this case, sets forth, that on or about the 10th day of March, 1838, Alonzo It. Cutler, the defendant, was in possession of the south-east fractional quarter of sec. 3, T. 6, of R. 19, in Milwaukee county, the same then being the property of the United States. In the expectation and belief that the same would shortly thereafter be sold by the United States, the said defendant entered into an agreement, in writing, with complainant, to convey to him by warrantee deed the said premises, when the same should be purchased of the United States;…
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