Curtis Land & Loan Co. v. Interior Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln county: Almost A. Helms, Judge. This action is brought to compel the defendant to specifically perform a contract alleged to have been made for the sale of real estate. The contract is based entirely upon letters passing between the parties.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln county: Almost A. Helms, Judge. This action is brought to compel the defendant to specifically perform a contract alleged to have been made for the sale of real estate. The contract is based entirely upon letters passing between the parties. On December 10, 1006, the plaintiff wrote the defendant as follows: “Will you please let us know your cash price per acre for SW SW 6-35-8.” Two days later the defendant answered, acknowledging receipt of this letter, and stating: “Will say our cash price on SW SW 6 — 35—8 is $6 per acre. Would be…
1Opinion of the CourtRaimves, J.
The appellant urges that the judgment appealed from is erroneous in the following particulars: (1) The court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of the action. (2) The contract is executory and is without consideration, and equity will not enforce specific performance of such a contract. (3) The letters passing between the parties did not malee a contract. (4) No competent evidence was offered to show the acreage of the parcel of land in controversy. (5) The agent and officer of the defendant corporation who carried on the correspondence in its behalf had *345no authority to bind his…
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