Barr v. Church
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Walworth County. October 5,1889, the plaintiff commenced an action against Merlin H. Church to recover sundry sums due August 15 and 16, 1888, to sundry persons, including the plaintiff, for milk, butter, and cheese sold and delivered to him at agreed prices, and $100 money loaned, and all of which had been assigned to the plaintiff except his own, and the same belonged to him, and in the aggregate amounted to $1,373.59, and interest from…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Walworth County. October 5,1889, the plaintiff commenced an action against Merlin H. Church to recover sundry sums due August 15 and 16, 1888, to sundry persons, including the plaintiff, for milk, butter, and cheese sold and delivered to him at agreed prices, and $100 money loaned, and all of which had been assigned to the plaintiff except his own, and the same belonged to him, and in the aggregate amounted to $1,373.59, and interest from August 15, 1888. Judgment was entered therein in favor of the plaintiff and against Merlin, November 12, 1889, for…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It is undisputed that Merlin IT. Church is the son of the garnishee, Cyrus Church; that he got married in 1880, but continued to live in a part óf his father’s house in the town of Walworth; that' in 1882 Merlin took his father’s farm of 240 acres, on which they lived, to'work on shares, and continued to run the same; that there was a building on the farm for setting milk and raising cream; that January 26, 1886; Merlin and one Peterson, as proprietors, started a manufactory of cream into butter thereon, upon what is known as the “ divide plan,” under an agreement to continue for one year;…
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