Reid v. Hibbard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL FROM WASHINGTON CIRCUIT COURT. This was a motion to vacate tbe satisfaction of a judgment rendered in tbe District Court of Milwaukee county, in favor of tbe appellants, Reid and Sprague, against tbe appellee, William B. Hibbard.
Read the full summary
APPEAL FROM WASHINGTON CIRCUIT COURT. This was a motion to vacate tbe satisfaction of a judgment rendered in tbe District Court of Milwaukee county, in favor of tbe appellants, Reid and Sprague, against tbe appellee, William B. Hibbard. Tbe judgment was rendered Nov. 30th, 1847, and on the 7th day of March, 1849, tbe following satisfaction thereof was filed: DISTRICT COURT, ) Milwaukee County, j Satisfaction is acknowledged of a judgment recovered against William B. Hibbard, in District Court, in and for tbe county of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, between Aaron L. Reid and Joseph R. Sprague,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gomt,
Smith, J.
We think it wholly immaterial to enquire whether Blodgett was authorized, in the first *189instance, to make the negotiation which was made with Hib-bard, because we are of the opinion that the appellants after-wards abundantly ratified it. They received the avails of the treaty, appropriated them to their own use with a full knowledge of all the facts, and it would be very unjust now to permit them to deny the authority of the agent, and censure him for that which they have profited by, approved and ratified.
But it is contended, that although Blodgett and Kneeland were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Le Page v. McCreaNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Brown v. FeeterNew York Supreme Court · 1831
3Cited by12 opinions
- Gholson v. SavinOhio Supreme Court · 1941
- Aull v. St. Louis Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Larned v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Mills v. . HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Savage v. EvermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.