Neeves v. Boos
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. It appears from the pleadings in this action that the plaintiff, William B. Neeves, on the 29th of September, 1890, purchased of the defendant Gregory a large number of lots in Hyde Park in the town of Wauwatosa, near the city of Milwaukee, for $30,000, and received a warranty deed of them, and for the unpaid portion of the purchase money he' executed to the defendant Gregory his five promissory notes in the aggregate of…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. It appears from the pleadings in this action that the plaintiff, William B. Neeves, on the 29th of September, 1890, purchased of the defendant Gregory a large number of lots in Hyde Park in the town of Wauwatosa, near the city of Milwaukee, for $30,000, and received a warranty deed of them, and for the unpaid portion of the purchase money he' executed to the defendant Gregory his five promissory notes in the aggregate of $22,500, secured by a mortgage on the same premises and payable, with interest, at various periods. The first note was…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.
1. The plaintiff has secured the appointment of a receiver, who, as such, is an officer of the court, exercising his functions for the common benefit of all the parties, and his custody and control is the custody and control of the court for their benefit and subject to its orders and directions. The order appealed from is plainly a discretionary one, and will not be reversed unless the court in making it has abused its discretion. ¥e think, in view of the circumstances and the frame and purpose of the action, that the court was fully justified in making the order. It is evident that the…
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