H. W. Wright Lumber Co. v. McCord
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln county: AliioN A. Helms, Judge. This is an action under see. 8186, Stats. (1898), to quiet the plaintiff’s title to three parcels of land in the city of Merrill on which the plaintiff’s manufacturing plant and yards are situated. The defendant claims dower in the lands as the widow of one Myron H. McCord, deceased.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Lincoln county: AliioN A. Helms, Judge. This is an action under see. 8186, Stats. (1898), to quiet the plaintiff’s title to three parcels of land in the city of Merrill on which the plaintiff’s manufacturing plant and yards are situated. The defendant claims dower in the lands as the widow of one Myron H. McCord, deceased. The material facts appearing on the trial were not in serious dispute and were substantially as follows: Myron H. McCord acquired a tax title to two of the parcels in the year 1818, and a quitclaim title to the remaining…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 6, 1910:
WiNsnow, O. J.
It is claimed by respondent that the parcels of land in question were -either contributed by Mc-Oord to the capital of the firm of McCord & Wright or were purchased with partnership funds, and in either case became partnership property and not the subject of dower until all of the debts of the firm had been paid. The further claim is made that two of the parcels at least were necessarily used and absorbed for the purpose of paying such debts, and hence that the defendant can claim no dower in them.
We do not find it necessary to…
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