Beckman v. Beckman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The defendant John Beckman, Jr., is the son of the plaintiffs. On November 10, 1881, the plaintiffs owned and occupied the forty acres of land described, as a homestead, and their son John, who was then about twenty-one years of age, resided with them thereon. On November 10, 1881, the plaintiffs, by warranty deed with full covenants, conveyed said forty acres to the defendant John.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The defendant John Beckman, Jr., is the son of the plaintiffs. On November 10, 1881, the plaintiffs owned and occupied the forty acres of land described, as a homestead, and their son John, who was then about twenty-one years of age, resided with them thereon. On November 10, 1881, the plaintiffs, by warranty deed with full covenants, conveyed said forty acres to the defendant John. Said deed recited a consideration of $1,500, and contained the following provision: “ The right of possession to live on premises aforesaid by said first parties…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The ages of the plaintiffs, respectively, the fact that neither could read, write, or speak the English language, and the value of the real estate and personal property, as alleged in the complaint, were all proved without objection. It was also proved, without objection, that no note was given with the mortgage; that the agreement between the father and son was not reduced to writing at all, except the deed and mortgage; that the son gave his father nothing further for the deed “than the mortgage and his verbal agreement to support ” the plaintiffs; that, since the son had left, the…
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