Trumpf v. Shoudy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of title circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Steveets, Circuit Judge. Action on contract for damages. Plaintiff was the owner of a hotel property located in tlie city of Madison, upon which, there wás a first mortgage of $30,000, and a second mortgage of $35,000 owned by the Iiausmann Brewing Company.
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Appeal from a judgment of title circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Steveets, Circuit Judge. Action on contract for damages. Plaintiff was the owner of a hotel property located in tlie city of Madison, upon which, there wás a first mortgage of $30,000, and a second mortgage of $35,000 owned by the Iiausmann Brewing Company. Defendants were interested in two tracts of land situated in Hidalgo county, Texas, one 389 acres in extent, known as the Edinburg tract, and the other 280 acres, known as tho Mercedes tract. The defendants were real-estate dealers living at Rockford, Illinois. Plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtEoseNbeRuy, J.
Appellants assign error on tbe admission and rejection of testimony and in several particulars which we will not discuss here. Suffice it to say that we have carefully considered them and find no prejudicial error.
*358It is contended tbat tbe contract made by the defendants is unconscionable and therefore should not be enforced. It is pointed out that the contract which the defendants made was to sell the Mercedes tract for $150 an acre; that the jury found that on September 0, 1914, it was worth but $16 an acre, and that to hold the defendants for the difference less the $1,000 commission is to…
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