Clark v. Davidson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from, the Circuit Court for' Green Lalce County. Action to recover for work done, moneys paid out, etc. The cause was tried before a referee, wbo found the facts substantially as follows: The defendant, as administrator of one Lyman Barnes, deceased, having obtained license to sell certain real estate, entered into a parol agreement with the plaintiff on the 2d or 3d of April, 1874, for the sale of the lands to the latter for the sum of $2,985, the appraised value.
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APPEAL from, the Circuit Court for' Green Lalce County. Action to recover for work done, moneys paid out, etc. The cause was tried before a referee, wbo found the facts substantially as follows: The defendant, as administrator of one Lyman Barnes, deceased, having obtained license to sell certain real estate, entered into a parol agreement with the plaintiff on the 2d or 3d of April, 1874, for the sale of the lands to the latter for the sum of $2,985, the appraised value. The plaintiff went into possession of the premises under this agreement. Subsequently it was ascertained that, by reason…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
It.is quite evident that the plaintiff recovered ■ four dollars per day for the work of himself and team, one dollar and fifty cents for seed wheat, and seventy-five cents for seed oats, which were used on the farm, and pay for improvements made, in pursuance of the special contract made with the administrator. That was the rate of compensation agreed upon in that contract, which the referee and circuit court found was made. But the difficulty with this aspect of the case grows out of the fact that this special contract, as we understand the testimony and findings, forms a part of the…
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