Ott v. Boring
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: E. Rat Stevens, Judge. Accounting to determine the value of one fourth the merchandise, book accounts, and going business of a mercantile establishment owned by the plaintiff and Eranklin J. Pool at the time of the latter’s death, December 16, 1904, pursuant to the judgment of this court on a former appeal, — - case reported in 131 Wis. 472, 110 N. W. 824, 111 N. W. 833. The trial was before a referee, who…
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Appeals from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: E. Rat Stevens, Judge. Accounting to determine the value of one fourth the merchandise, book accounts, and going business of a mercantile establishment owned by the plaintiff and Eranklin J. Pool at the time of the latter’s death, December 16, 1904, pursuant to the judgment of this court on a former appeal, — - case reported in 131 Wis. 472, 110 N. W. 824, 111 N. W. 833. The trial was before a referee, who fixed the value of the stock at $71,639.69, that of the book accounts at $7,749.08, and that of the good will at $10,000,…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
An examination of the record leads to the ■conclusion that there is an abundance of evidence to support the findings of the referee on each of the three questions of fact passed upon by him, viz.: one as to the value of the •stock of merchandise, one as to the value of the book accounts, and one as to the value of the good will of the business, in the aggregate the value of the partnership property possessed by Mr. Pool and Mr. Ott at the time of the former’s death. Such being the case it seems that the trial ■court, in making the radical changes of such findings, must have proceeded with…
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