Schultz v. Catlin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Municipal Court of the City and Towm of Rypon. Tbe case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
The action was brought in the municipal court óf Ripon upon a joint and several promissory note for $500 *612and interest, dated July 9, 1883, made by defendant, Phebe E. Gatlin., and her brother, to the plaintiff. The brother is not made a party to the action. ■ The defenses to the note alleged in defendant’s answer are that it was given (1) without consideration; (2) to compound a felony, which the brother was charged by the plaintiff to have committed; and (3) under duress of threats to prosecute him for the crime. The jury found specially the existence of all these vices in the note. A motion…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Catlin v. HentonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Schultz v. CulbertsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
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- Lefebvre v. DutruitWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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