Lannon v. Hackett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatlob: -“This action was commenced in the circuit court of .Milwaukee county against Samuel Howard, as executor of the last will and testament of Edward ITackett, deceased, and Bridget Hackett, widow, and others, children and heirs-at-law of the deceased.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatlob: -“This action was commenced in the circuit court of .Milwaukee county against Samuel Howard, as executor of the last will and testament of Edward ITackett, deceased, and Bridget Hackett, widow, and others, children and heirs-at-law of the deceased. The complaint sets out that in the lifetime of the said Edward ITackett he and the said plaintiff were partners in the ownership of certain lands, and mills situate thereon; and that, although the title to the same was held in the name of the deceased…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
The complaint does not state that any specific *265property belonging to the partnership ever came to the hands of the executor, or that the deceased had any such property in his possession at the time of his death, and claims no relief except for an account of moneys received by the deceased on account of said partnership. It is true, the complaint demands the “ judgment of the court that said ITackett, in his lifetime, was a partner of the. plaintiff in the ownership of the mill property, and in the business of managing and operating the same, and that the same was purchased by him in trust for…
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- Willis v. FoxWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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