Steckbauer v. Leykom
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order and a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Jomv G-oodlaub, Circuit Judge. Prior to October 1, 1903, the plaintiff was associated with one Thomas E. Mullen and one C. W. Eish as copartners in doing a sawmill, lumber, and mercantile business at Elcho, Wisconsin. Eish owned a one-half interest in the business, and the plaintiff and Mullen each a one-quarter interest.
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Appeal from an order and a judgment of the circuit court for Langlade county: Jomv G-oodlaub, Circuit Judge. Prior to October 1, 1903, the plaintiff was associated with one Thomas E. Mullen and one C. W. Eish as copartners in doing a sawmill, lumber, and mercantile business at Elcho, Wisconsin. Eish owned a one-half interest in the business, and the plaintiff and Mullen each a one-quarter interest. Shortly prior to October 1, 1903, these partners had taken and made an inventory of the partnership business, and had reduced it to a written statement, of which they each knew the contents. It…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, J.
Plaintiff’s contention that defendants’ counterclaim is not available because Mullen was not a party to this action was properly overruled. It appears that defendants conducted all the negotiations for the purchase of a part interest in the property of the Eish & Mullen Lumber Company, of which plaintiff was a member, with Mullen. It is also shown that plaintiff made a sale of one half of his one-quarter interest in this company through Mullen as his agent for the sum of $2,000. It is obvious from the transaction that plaintiff’s transfer of part of his interest amounted to a separate sale by…
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- Miner v. MedburyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
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