Sheppard v. Rosenkrans
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johütsoet, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover certain instalments of rent under a written lease.' The action was tried by a jury, and it appeared, among other things, upon the trial, that on the 25th of September, 1894, one Jacob Weil, of Chicago, Illinois, and the defendant, 0. L. Bosenkrans, entered into a. written lease, which was signed and sealed by both of them, by the terms of which Weil…
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Appeal from, a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: D. H. Johütsoet, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover certain instalments of rent under a written lease.' The action was tried by a jury, and it appeared, among other things, upon the trial, that on the 25th of September, 1894, one Jacob Weil, of Chicago, Illinois, and the defendant, 0. L. Bosenkrans, entered into a. written lease, which was signed and sealed by both of them, by the terms of which Weil leased to Bosenkrans room No. 206 in a building known as the “ Garden City Block,” in the city of Chicago, Illinois,…
1Opinion of the Court
WiNslow, J".
The lease in question was an Illinois contract, and the appellant’s main contentions are based upon the provisions of that part of the statute of frauds of Illinois relating to contracts concerning lands or interests therein which reads as follows: “No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any contract for the sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, for a longer term than one year, unless such contract ■or some-memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing ■and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some person…
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