Hopkins v. Joyce
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for MUwcmkee County. Tbe action is in tbe nature of a creditors’ suit to subject certain lots in tbe city of Milwaukee (tbe record title to wbicb is in tbe defendant Alice M. Joyce) to tbe lien of a certain judgment of tbe plaintiffs against tbe defendant Gilbert S. Joyce.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for MUwcmkee County. Tbe action is in tbe nature of a creditors’ suit to subject certain lots in tbe city of Milwaukee (tbe record title to wbicb is in tbe defendant Alice M. Joyce) to tbe lien of a certain judgment of tbe plaintiffs against tbe defendant Gilbert S. Joyce. Tbe testimony satisfactorily shows that before and at tbe time Gilbert S. contracted tbe indebtedness to plaintiffs for wbicb tbeir judgment against bim was recovered be was tbe owner of another lot in that city (wbicb for convenience will be designated as lot 2), and that about the time such…
1Opinion of the CourtLtoN, J.
The case involves no disputed proposition of law, but turns entirely upon tbe facts. These are few, and are clearly proved, as found by tbe court. Tbe inevitable *445deduction from them is that the plaintiffs are entitled to the relief demanded, which the circuit court gave them.
A few points made in argument will be briefly noticed. The learned counsel for appellants seems to think the plaintiffs cannot prevail in the action unless they show that Mrs. Joyce was an active participant in some scheme of fraud known to her to be such. This is clearly a mistake. ¥e do not suppose she ever had a…
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