Munday v. Wisconsin Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR.. TO-THE SUPREME. COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The case is stated in the opinion. ■Under § 1770b, and more particularly sub-section 10 thereof, both as written, and as construed by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin prior to the making of the contract and the execution and dehvery of the deeds in controversy, such deeds were merely voidable and not void.
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ERROR.. TO-THE SUPREME. COURT OP THE STATE OP WISCONSIN. The case is stated in the opinion. ■Under § 1770b, and more particularly sub-section 10 thereof, both as written, and as construed by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin prior to the making of the contract and the execution and dehvery of the deeds in controversy, such deeds were merely voidable and not void. Such statute as now administered and enforced against plaintiffs in error by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, so as to render such deeds absolutely void, impairs the obligation of such contract and deeds and deprives plaintiffs in error…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The court below declared null and void two separate deeds whereby defendants in error undertook to convey to the Realty Realization Company, a Maine corporation, certain land in Wisconsin upon the ground that the grantee had failed to comply with the statute of the State prescribing conditions under which foreign corporations might acquire title to property therein. The deeds were dated and delivered in Illinois February 28, 1913. A subsequent deed from the Realty Company and a mortgage by its grantee were also declared ineffective, but they need not be separately considered here. 168…
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