Herman v. Gray
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Kenosha County. This action is upon a promissory note made by defendant to plaintiff, or order, for $1,364, with interest, dated July 11, 1887, and due three months after date. The complaint is in the usual form of complaints in such actions. The amended and supplemental answer of defendant admits the making of the note, but denies any indebtedness thereon to plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Kenosha County. This action is upon a promissory note made by defendant to plaintiff, or order, for $1,364, with interest, dated July 11, 1887, and due three months after date. The complaint is in the usual form of complaints in such actions. The amended and supplemental answer of defendant admits the making of the note, but denies any indebtedness thereon to plaintiff. It alleges that the note was given in renewal of another note, dated July 8,1886, given in part payment for a half interest in certain personal property sold by plaintiff to defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
Before and at the time defendant purchased the property in question, the plaintiff and one G-urney were owners of two letters patent, one of which was issued in 1883 on an invention by one Martin of a machine for making bricks, and the other was issued in 1885 to Martin for improvements of such machines, which improvements consisted mainly in adding crushers thereto. Plaintiff and Gurney were engaged as partners in the manufacture and sale of the machines. The title to the patents was in Gurney.
The sale of the property in question by plaintiff to defendant is evidenced by an agreement in…
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