Cram v. Long
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Bock county: G-eoege G-bimm, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to enforce specific performance of a land contract. Tbe property in question was owned by Olivia Long and Emma M. Long, ber daughter, who resided at Glens Falls, New York. They, employed one Charles Kendall of Beloit, where the property was situated, to rent the real estate and attend to tbe repairs, insurance, and taxes thereon, and otherwise manage the same.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Bock county: G-eoege G-bimm, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to enforce specific performance of a land contract. Tbe property in question was owned by Olivia Long and Emma M. Long, ber daughter, who resided at Glens Falls, New York. They, employed one Charles Kendall of Beloit, where the property was situated, to rent the real estate and attend to tbe repairs, insurance, and taxes thereon, and otherwise manage the same. The business between the defendants and Kendall was transacted largely by Olivia Long. On December 26, 1905, Kendall,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
Tbe appellant concedes that the authority conferred on Kendall to collect rents and look after the property generally did not confer any power to make a sale of it, and that such power, if it existed, was conferred by the letter of October 10, 1905, and letters written thereafter. The appellant further concedes that no authority was conferred on' Kendall to dispose of the interest of Mrs. Long's daughter, and that therefore specific performance cannot be enforced at least against her. However, the contention is made that Mrs. Long authorized.Kendall to make the contract of sale which he did…
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