Dornbrook v. M. Rumely Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. On March 28, 1900, John L. Dornbrook gave a written order to the M. Rumely Company for a threshing outfit, consisting of a traction engine, grain separator, and all necessary machinery and attachments, at a price of '$2,325. The order was given at La Porte, Indiana. Under tbe order the-machinery was to be shipped in the following month, of June.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Michael KiewaN, Circuit Judge. On March 28, 1900, John L. Dornbrook gave a written order to the M. Rumely Company for a threshing outfit, consisting of a traction engine, grain separator, and all necessary machinery and attachments, at a price of '$2,325. The order was given at La Porte, Indiana. Under tbe order the-machinery was to be shipped in the following month, of June. It contained the conditions of payment, and required that notes for the unpaid purchase price were to be given as specified, and that payment thereof…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
The order of July 6, 1900, for the purchase of the threshing machine outfit by John L. Dornbrook from the M. Rumely Company, and the fact that the M. Rum-ely Company accepted his individual notes and chattel mortgage on the property sold, clearly indicate that it treated him as the purchaser. Under these facts and circumstances it was immaterial whether respondent knew his son had given appellant a chattel mortgage, nor was it material to inquire whether he knew or ought to have known that John L. Dorn-brook fraudulently intended to hinder and delay his creditors in giving the chattel…
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