Wright v. Bragg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This is a contest over the title to a certain note and real estate mortgage for $6,000 made by Abram A. Ver Brych, payable to Eliza O. Farnsworth, and dated 30th October, 1894. The plaintiff in error claims title under a will made by Eliza O. Farnsworth, the owner of the mortgage, dated November 10, 1895, which in terms bequeaths the same to her.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This is a contest over the title to a certain note and real estate mortgage for $6,000 made by Abram A. Ver Brych, payable to Eliza O. Farnsworth, and dated 30th October, 1894. The plaintiff in error claims title under a will made by Eliza O. Farnsworth, the owner of the mortgage, dated November 10, 1895, which in terms bequeaths the same to her. The defendant in error claims title by virtue of an assignment in writing of the note and mortgage made by Mrs. Farnsworth in her lifetime to James H.…
1Opinion of the Court 1
Upon the above statement of facts
2Opinion of the Court · BunnBunn, District Judge
There are many assignments of error, not all of which will it be necessary to notice. Although the assignment of the note and mortgage to Farnsworth recites a consideration of §5,000, the record shows that it was made without consideration, and without the knowledge of James H. Farnsworth, the assignee named, who was a brother of Mrs. Farnsworth’s husband, who bad previously died. On the contrary, the record and briefs show that the defendant in error is claiming title by virtue of the assignment: as a gift inter vivos to James II. Farnsworth from Eliza O.…
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