Legal Opinion

Eaton v. Lyman

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1870PublishedCited by 9 opinions

ERROR to the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. The plaintiff in error was also plaintiff below. The facts are stated in the opinion, and in the former report of the same cause, 24 Wis. 488.

1Opinion of the CourtPaine, J.

This action has already been before this court, and the judgment was reversed for error in the rule of damages adopted by the court below. 24 Wis. 438-441. It seems to us that the court has, on a *62second trial, committed the same error again. The plaintiff sues as assignee of a right of action for a breach of covenants of seizin and against incumbrances in a deed given bj the defendant to one Erickles. The plaintiff had brought an action of ejectment against Erickles, claiming the land under a paramount title, and in that action he recovered a judgment, and Erickles was ousted. But Erickles…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Eaton v. LymanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. City of Mankato v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. Eaton v. LymanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
  3. Wallace v. PerelesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. American Surety Co. v. BallmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1900
  5. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. TwissNebraska Supreme Court · 1892

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