Kropp v. Kropp
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohksoN, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate in the city of Milwaukee. He sold such real estate to John Veidt upon terms that the purchaser should give a purchase-money mortgage for $5,225, and fifty shares of stock in the South Side Keal Estate, Building & Loan Association, of the par value of $5 per share as a part of the consideration.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. JohksoN, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate in the city of Milwaukee. He sold such real estate to John Veidt upon terms that the purchaser should give a purchase-money mortgage for $5,225, and fifty shares of stock in the South Side Keal Estate, Building & Loan Association, of the par value of $5 per share as a part of the consideration. The certificate of stock was transferred to plaintiff’s wife, Christliebe Kropp. It was assigned directly to her, the proper transfer made on the books of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
If, as alleged in the pleadings by respondent and found by the court, respondent sold real estate belonging to him to another and received from such other, in part payment therefor, purchase-money notes and mortgage and some corporation stock, and it was agreed between such other and respondent and his wife that the notes and mortgage and the transfer of the stock and new certificate therefor should be so made. as to vest the title thereto in the husband and wife jointly, and in the survivor of them, without any expense for probate proceedings, and thereafter, by mistake of fact on the part…
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