Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Komp

The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company is a manufacturer of beer at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. August Uihlein is secretary of that company. Mat Komp is the keeper of a dram-shop in the city of La Salle. The parties named were engaged in these occupations in August, 1902. Under date of August 11th, Uihlein loaned §2,500 to Komp for five years, with interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum. To secure said loan Komp and wife executed a mortgage to Hihlein on certain real estate in the city of LaSalle. At the same time, and as a part of the same transaction, the brewing company, by Uihlein as its…