Goss v. Lester
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL EEOM THE WINNEBAGO CIRCÜXT COURT. The complainant below filed his bill against the defendants in the Winnebago Circuit. One of the defendants answered, confessing all the material allegations of the bill. The other defendant filed a general demurrer. The Circuit Court sustained the demurrer, from which decree the complainant appealed. The statement of the bill, and the points of counsel, are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
This is an appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County.
The bill in this case was filed the 16th day of December, A. D. 1852, in the said Circuit Court, and sets forth, that on the 14th day of July, 1849, John Lester, one of the defendants, borrowed of Francis B. Webster, the other defendant, $100.00, payable in one year, with interest at the rate of six per cent, per month, and gave his note for the same ; and to *44secure tiie payment of said note, Lester gave to Webster a mortgage on tbe west balf of tbe soutb-west quarter of section 32, town 20, range…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Storm v. BadgerNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
- United States v. BerriganDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1905
- Clarke v. SawyerNew York Court of Chancery · 1847
3Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. LeMayDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- DeKeyser v. State Bank of MaplewoodWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927
- Flanders v. AbbeyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1874