Lanyon v. Woodward
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Grant County. Replevin for a quantity of flaxseed. The plaintiffs claim the seed by virtue of the following agreement under which it was grown: “ Minekal PoiNT, WisooNsiN, January 24, 1879. “ In consideration of Lanyon c& Bro., of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, having advanced, furnished, credited, and delivered to us, George Pettis and Caroline Moss, this day, sixty-seven bushels of prime flaxseed, I hereby agree to sow the same for him in good,…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Grant County. Replevin for a quantity of flaxseed. The plaintiffs claim the seed by virtue of the following agreement under which it was grown: “ Minekal PoiNT, WisooNsiN, January 24, 1879. “ In consideration of Lanyon c& Bro., of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, having advanced, furnished, credited, and delivered to us, George Pettis and Caroline Moss, this day, sixty-seven bushels of prime flaxseed, I hereby agree to sow the same for him in good, suitable, and well prepared ground, on the farm to be occupied and cultivated by me the present season, in section…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
The contract of January 24, 1879, between the plaintiffs of the one part, and Pettis and Moss of the other part, is, we think, substantially a contract for the raising of a crop of flax on shares. The plaintiffs furnished the seed, and Pettis and Moss the land and labor necessary to produce the crop. The parties stipulated that the whole crop ■of flaxseed should be and remain the property of the plaintiffs, of which 83 42-56 bushels should be theirs absolutely, and the balance should be subject to the payment by them to Pettis and Moss of the Chicago market price of flaxseed, 'less…
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