Rayworth v. Goodrick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe municipal court of Lang-lade county: T. W. IIogaN, Judge. Motion to offset judgments, opposed by attorneys for defendant, who claim a lien for services. On November 15, 1913, the husband of the plaintiff, Margaret Rayworth, was the owner of a farm and leased the same to the defendant William Henry at an agreed annual rental of $1,000 and taxes, the same to be a lien on the crops raised on the farm.
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Appeal from an order of tbe municipal court of Lang-lade county: T. W. IIogaN, Judge. Motion to offset judgments, opposed by attorneys for defendant, who claim a lien for services. On November 15, 1913, the husband of the plaintiff, Margaret Rayworth, was the owner of a farm and leased the same to the defendant William Henry at an agreed annual rental of $1,000 and taxes, the same to be a lien on the crops raised on the farm. On February 12, 1914, the plaintiff became the owner of the farm and the lease. Among the provisions of the lease there was one clause which in substance stated that, if…
1Opinion of the CourtRosbNbeRby, J.
It appears without dispute that the plaintiff at the time of the trial of the replevin action was the owner of the claims which she endeavored to present in that action as a setoff to the defendant’s claiin for the value of the property taken by her in the replevin action over and above the rental value of the premises. Under all the circumstances of this case the fact that she derived her legal title to these claims by purchase from the trustee of her husband’s bankrupt estate is not material. The Langlade Mercantile Company, from which the claim was purchased, was owned by the husband. The…
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