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Arndt v. Harshaw

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 3, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEAL from the County Court of Winnebago County. Eeplevin, for property seized by. defendant, as sheriff, by virtue of an execution issued on a judgment against Ferdinand Arndt, the plaintiff’s husband. The property consisted of grain and hay grown in 1877 on a farm which plaintiff claims as her separate estate, and to which she holds- the title.

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APPEAL from the County Court of Winnebago County. Eeplevin, for property seized by. defendant, as sheriff, by virtue of an execution issued on a judgment against Ferdinand Arndt, the plaintiff’s husband. The property consisted of grain and hay grown in 1877 on a farm which plaintiff claims as her separate estate, and to which she holds- the title. The defendant claimed that the farm was purchased, in part at least., with the means of the husband; that plaintiff held the title in fraud of the husband’s creditors; and that the crops grown thereon were therefore liable to seizure on the…

1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.

There are numerous alleged errors assigned as grounds for reversing the judgment of the county court, but the view we take of the case renders a specific consideration of many of them quite unnecessary. We think the undisputed evidence shows that in 1869 the plaintiff purchased the farm on which the crops seized by the sheriff Were grown, in her own right, of one Murray, who gave her a land contract therefor; that at or about the time of such purchase she paid on the price of the farm $1,000, which was given to her by her father; that she afterwards paid thereon $400, borrowed by her of her…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Dayton v. WalshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Chunot v. LarsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Feller v. AldenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1868
  4. Hoxie v. PriceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Stanton v. KirschWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fuller & Fuller Co. v. McHenryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Smith v. TosiniSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
  3. State v. FryeWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Pelikan v. RussellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1955

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