Hewett v. Currier
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Glourk County. Action to recover tbe purchase price of lumber alleged to have been furnished to the defendant. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Glourk County. Action to recover tbe purchase price of lumber alleged to have been furnished to the defendant. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. They contended, inter aUa, that the appellant did not own the premises at the time of his alleged promise; that the relinquishment of the lien did not inure to his advantage; and that, therefore, his promise, if made, was void for want of consideration. Wood on Frauds,.196, 256, 260, 261; Eeed on Frauds, secs. 131, 133; Gv/rtis v.…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
The facts are substantially as follows: Long before the 28th day of June, 1881, the defendant bought the land and commenced improving it, and in the last of May or first of June he commenced building a dwelling-*388bouse tbereon, and contracted with one Calway either to build and complete it for tbe sum of $1,600, or employed said Calway to work upon said building and superintend tbe work of others, for $2.50 per day. As to which was the contract, Calway and the defendant were in direct conflict in their testimony on the trial; Calway asserting the latter and the defendant the former. The deed of…
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