Hill v. Sidie
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Vernon county: J. J. Feuit, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action to recover tbe reasonable value of tbe use and occupation of certain farm lands.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Vernon county: J. J. Feuit, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action to recover tbe reasonable value of tbe use and occupation of certain farm lands. Tbe complaint alleges-tbe making of a contract in writing by tbe parties July 1,. 1893, by wbieb tbe plaintiff agreed to sell, and tbe defendant to purchase, tbe lands in question, for tbe sum of $500, to be paid in five equal annual instalments, beginning January 1, 1896. Tbe contract also provided that tbe defendant should mortgage tbe crop each year to tbe plaintiff as security for payment of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNslow, J.
The sole question in this case is as to the legal effect of that clause in the land contract which provides that in case of default in payments the vendee shall hold the premises as “tenant of sufferance” of the vendor. The plaintiff claims that this clause operates to change the relation of the parties, so far as possession of the land is concerned, into that of landlord and tenant, and relies upon Wright v. Roberts, 22 Wis. 161. The defendant, on the other hand, claims that the principle stated in Wright v. Roberts has been completely overruled by the later ease of Diggle v. Boulden, 48…
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- Diggle v. BouldenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. SkupaNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
- Wright v. RobertsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
- Standard Stamping Co. v. HetzelNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
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