Elkins v. Kenyon
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. The action was originally brought by William F. Flkins, to enjoin the negotiation of certain promissory notes given to the defendant Kenyon as the purchase price for an interest in certain territory in a patented screw-fork for elevating hay, and to have the notes declared void and cancelled because of fraudulent representations as to the value of the fork and its capability to do the work intended.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rock County. The action was originally brought by William F. Flkins, to enjoin the negotiation of certain promissory notes given to the defendant Kenyon as the purchase price for an interest in certain territory in a patented screw-fork for elevating hay, and to have the notes declared void and cancelled because of fraudulent representations as to the value of the fork and its capability to do the work intended. After the death of Flkins, his widow and administratrix, Catherine Flkins, was substituted as plaintiff in his stead. The evidence, .which was…
1Opinion of the CourtOole, J.
This action is brought for the rescission of a contract and for the cancellation of promissory notes. The notes were given by the plaintiff’s intestate to the defendant Kenyon, to pay for a patent screw-fork for elevating hay, grain, straw, etc., and for the right to sell the same in certain towns in Rock county. The suit was commenced in the life-time of William T. Elkins, the maker of the notes, who verified the complaint. And he states and alleges that in June, 1867, the defendant Kenyon, by his agent, one Gruile, represented that he had this patent fork for sale, and desired to dispose of…
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