Dayton v. Walsh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Groix County. Action for the wrongful taking and detention of chattels, consisting of grain and an agricultural machine. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon a finding of those facts the circuit court held the defendant entitled to the possession of the grain, and rendered judgment in his favor; from which the plaintiff appealed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Groix County. Action for the wrongful taking and detention of chattels, consisting of grain and an agricultural machine. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Upon a finding of those facts the circuit court held the defendant entitled to the possession of the grain, and rendered judgment in his favor; from which the plaintiff appealed. They contended, 1. That under sec. 3, eh. 95, R. S. 1858, and ch. 155, Laws of 1872, the land purchased by and conveyed to the plaintiff was her own property, notwithstanding the fact that it was purchased upon…
1Opinion of the CourtOole, J.
This is a contest between the plaintiff, a married woman, and her husband’s creditor, for certain crops grown upon a farm the title of which is in her It appears that the plaintiff, having no separate estate, purchased the farm of a third party, paying nothing down, but giving her own note and a mortgage on the premises conveyed, to secure the payment of the purchase money. There is no claim nor pretense that the purchase by the plaintiff was not a perfectly fair, honest, bona fide transaction, free from all imputation of fraud, unless the law condemn such a purchase upon credit. The husband…
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- Beard v. DedolphWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
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- Putnam v. BicknellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
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