Liginger v. Field
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The action was brought by Dorothea Liginger, widow of John B. Liginger, deceased, to restrain the defendants from selling, under an execution, land of which the said John B. Liginger died seised, and to establish the title of the plaintiff as against the claims of the defendants. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The action was brought by Dorothea Liginger, widow of John B. Liginger, deceased, to restrain the defendants from selling, under an execution, land of which the said John B. Liginger died seised, and to establish the title of the plaintiff as against the claims of the defendants. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. They contended, vnter alia, that by the terms of sec. 3961, R. S., an order in reference to advancements is “ binding on all persons interested in…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoN, J.
The facts necessary to present the only question on this appeal are substantially as follows:
The appellants, Field, Leiter dc Go., obtained a judgment for $300.27 in 1878, in the county court of Milwaukee county, against John J. Liginger and one George J. Phillips. John B. Liginger died intestate in the county of Milwaukee, May 14, 1886, seised in fee of lot 10, block 97, in the said city of Milwaukee, as also of other lands, leaving the respondent as his widow, and several children as his heirs, of whom the said John J. Liginger was one. On the 20th day of July, 1887, an alias execution on…
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