Leonard v. Rogan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Ch-cuit Court for Jefferson County. Tbe complaint in this case (which was against Sarah Bagan and her husband) stated that said Sarah, in 1858, employed tbe plaintiff and bis then partner, Mr. Williams, to bring an action to set aside a conveyance which she and her husband bad made to tbe Milwaukee and Watertown Bailroad Company, of certain real estate which tbe said Sarah owned as her separate estate ; that tbe plaintiff and said Williams, upon tbe credit of…
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APPEAL from tbe Ch-cuit Court for Jefferson County. Tbe complaint in this case (which was against Sarah Bagan and her husband) stated that said Sarah, in 1858, employed tbe plaintiff and bis then partner, Mr. Williams, to bring an action to set aside a conveyance which she and her husband bad made to tbe Milwaukee and Watertown Bailroad Company, of certain real estate which tbe said Sarah owned as her separate estate ; that tbe plaintiff and said Williams, upon tbe credit of such separate estate, brought said action and prosecuted it to judgment in her favor; that their services were worth…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
It was insisted in argument by the counsel for the appellant, Mrs. Rogan, that the proofs show that Williams & Leonard were employed by Mr. Bogan alone, or at least thatit was a joint employment on the part of both Mr. and 'Mrs. Bogan. We have examined the evidence, andaré satisfied of the correctness of the of the finding of the court below upon this point — -that Williams & Leonard commenced the action at the request of Mrs. Bogan as well as that of her husband, and rendered their services as attorneys in the action upon the faith and credit of Mrs. Bogan’s separate estate.
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