Resch v. Senn
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Fond duLac County. Replevin, for a certain bureau and its contents, described as follows : “Articles of bedding, table clothes, towels, one suit of men’s clothes, eight yards of woolen cloth, one revolver, twenty-five dollars in gold, two dollars in silver, one gold ring, one silver watch, one cupping instrument, one dozen new shirts, two boxes containing bed-clothing and books.”
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Fond duLac County. Replevin, for a certain bureau and its contents, described as follows : “Articles of bedding, table clothes, towels, one suit of men’s clothes, eight yards of woolen cloth, one revolver, twenty-five dollars in gold, two dollars in silver, one gold ring, one silver watch, one cupping instrument, one dozen new shirts, two boxes containing bed-clothing and books.” The value is stated at $818. Plaintiff claimed to own the property by gift from the widow of Henry Senn, with whom he had intermarried after the death of said Henry, and who had…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Tbis was an action to recover tbe value of a bureau and Contents which it was alleged bad been wrongfully taken from tbe plaintiff by tbe defendant. It appears from tbe case tbat tbe plaintiff claimed tbe larger part of tbe property in controversy as a gift from bis deceased wife, and a portion in bis own right.
Tbe answer contains tbe general denial, and further alleges, in substance, tbat as guardian of Emma Senn and Mina Senn, minor beirs and children of Henry Senn, deceased, who were tbe real owners of tbe bureau and other property mentioned in tbe complaint, defendant took possession of…
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