Gates v. Parmly
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Clark county: ~W. F. Bailey, Circuit Judge. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against Henry C. Parmly as trustee for the defendants Charles A. Avery, Samuel K. Cray, Aaron M. Wilcox, Z. 8. Wilson, and against him individually, to reform a certain contract concerning-the sale and conveyance of about 20,600 acres of land in Clark county, and for a construction thereof, and for relief against an alleged penalty therein,…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Clark county: ~W. F. Bailey, Circuit Judge. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against Henry C. Parmly as trustee for the defendants Charles A. Avery, Samuel K. Cray, Aaron M. Wilcox, Z. 8. Wilson, and against him individually, to reform a certain contract concerning-the sale and conveyance of about 20,600 acres of land in Clark county, and for a construction thereof, and for relief against an alleged penalty therein, and for judgment for the-amount due the plaintiff for purchase money, and for strict, foreclosure and other relief. It…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 18, 1896:
PiNNey, J.
1. The defendants’ counsel contend that this is a legal action, in which they were entitled, as a matter of right, to a trial by jury; that the provision in the contract requiring the delivery of a complete abstract of title to the lands described in the contract and deed by August 15,1889, and that in case of failure to furnish it, or if it failed to show a perfect title in the plaintiff at the date of the conveyance he had made to the defendant Parmly, trustee, or to have been made perfect in him prior to the making of such…
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