Plainse v. Engle

Joseph W. Buellesbach who had been a real-estate broker and appraiser for about twenty-five years prior to the trial, and who was familiar with the value of Milwaukee property, testified that in his opinion the home property before improvements made on it by defendants subsequent to the conveyance, had a value of $9,200 and that the flat without improvements was worth $11,800. The defendants testified that as consideration for the conveyance of the home they paid the father $3,000 and that after the conveyance they improved and repaired it at a cost of $13,000. At one stage the defendant,…