Ludington v. Patton
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. Appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, in an action against the trustees and heirs of the estate of Harrison Ludington, deceased, to rescind, on the ground of fraud, a contract whereby the plaintiff, his widow, surrendered her legal rights in such estate, and to recover the damages she sustained by being induced, as alleged, to enter into such contract.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. Appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint, in an action against the trustees and heirs of the estate of Harrison Ludington, deceased, to rescind, on the ground of fraud, a contract whereby the plaintiff, his widow, surrendered her legal rights in such estate, and to recover the damages she sustained by being induced, as alleged, to enter into such contract. The issues litigated upon the trial and the matters covered by the evidence are sufficiently indicated in the following summary of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 20, 1901:
Maeshall, J.
While appellant’s counsel filed numerous •exceptions to the findings of fact, and exceptions to refusals to find as requested by them, and assigned error .generally ■on such exceptions, no particular error in that regard is found pointed out in the printed brief, nor is the subject there dismissed, nor was there anything in the oral argument by counsel for appellant to indicate that reliance for reversal is placed on such exceptions, other than the exception to the finding that appellant was not prevented from discovering her statutory…
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