Freeman v. Morris
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse eounty: J. J. Ekuit, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff’s mother, Catherine La Eleur Ereeman, is a niece of Reinard R. La Eleur. ' These parties resided in La Crosse county for many years prior to Reinard R. La Eleur’s death.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for La Crosse eounty: J. J. Ekuit, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff’s mother, Catherine La Eleur Ereeman, is a niece of Reinard R. La Eleur. ' These parties resided in La Crosse county for many years prior to Reinard R. La Eleur’s death. A few days after plaintiff’s birtb Beinard B. La Eleur came to the borne of ber parents and requested tbat be be giren the privilege of naming ber, and asked them to bestow on ber tbe name of bis deceased wife, Martha. She bad died in Holland prior to bis removal to this country. It was thereupon agreed by plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed December 4, 1906:
Siebecker, J.
It is not seriously contested but that the privilege of naming plaintiff, given the testator by her parents, was a valuable one in the eye of the law, and that it has been treated as a sufficient consideration to support a contract in respect to it. This subject was considered, and such privilege held a valid consideration for a contract based on it, in the following decisions: Babcock v. Chase, 36 N. Y. Supp. 879; Parks v. Francis’s Adm’r, 50 Vt. 626; Wolford v. Powers, 85 Ind. 294; Eaton v. Libbey, 165 Mass. 218, 42 N. E. 1127;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wolford v. PowersIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Daily ex rel. Daily v. MinnickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Adams v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Eaton v. LibbeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Parks v. Francis's AdministratorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1878
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