Legal Opinion

Sixta v. Ontonagon Valley Land Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1912PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Manitowoc county : E. B. BeldeN, Judge. This action was brought upon the following contract, which is made part of the complaint: “This agreement, made and concluded this 5th day of April, A. D. 1909, by and between the Ontonagon Valley Land Company, a Wisconsin corporation, herein called the ‘Land Company,’ party of the first part, and E. C. Sixta & Company, a copartnership composed of JE.

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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Manitowoc county : E. B. BeldeN, Judge. This action was brought upon the following contract, which is made part of the complaint: “This agreement, made and concluded this 5th day of April, A. D. 1909, by and between the Ontonagon Valley Land Company, a Wisconsin corporation, herein called the ‘Land Company,’ party of the first part, and E. C. Sixta & Company, a copartnership composed of JE. C. Sixta and James C. Martin, herein called ‘Sixta,’ party of the second part, witnesseth: “1. The Land Company hereby gives to Sixta the exclusive authority…

1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.

Under tbe contract which is tbe basis of' plaintiffs’ cause of action tbe plaintiffs bad tbe exclusive right of sale of tbe lands of defendant until January 1, 1911, and. *191were to receive $1.50 per acre commission, subject to defendant’s right to sell all or any part of the land at not less than $10 per acre, and plaintiffs were to receive no commission on land sold by defendant. Plaintiffs were further given the right, at any time prior to January 1, 1911, to purchase all the lands in question which should remain unsold at the time of exercising their option, at the uniform price of $6 per…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carey v. DyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Kuener v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Hawes v. WoolcockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Payne v. VolkmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Sixta v. Ontonagon Valley Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Catlett v. BloydWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Pennell v. Rumely Products Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Dougherty v. W. H. Shenners Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1928

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