Chaffee v. Conway
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Aeeeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: J. J. Ebuxt, Circuit Judge. This is an action for an accounting for moneys received by the defendant for the sale of a farm under an agreement between the parties.
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Aeeeae from a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: J. J. Ebuxt, Circuit Judge. This is an action for an accounting for moneys received by the defendant for the sale of a farm under an agreement between the parties. It is alleged that in 1889 plaintiff was the owner and possessor of the lands described in the complaint, which were then subject to a mortgage for $1,200; that plaintiff was also indebted to the defendant in the sum of $528.68; that plaintiff, being unable to pay defendant the amount due him, deeded this farm to defendant by quitclaim deed, whereupon defendant gave a…
1Opinion of the Court
Siebeckee, T.
The court found the facts substantially as alleged by the plaintiff, and held that plaintiff was entitled to an accounting and the recovery of a balance, if any be found in his favor. The principal controversy in the case bears upon the arrangement made by the parties in August, 1894. The material evidence upon this issue was in sharp conflict. The court found that at this time it was agreed that plaintiff should forbear redeeming the farm from the foreclosure sale; that defendant should purchase the outstanding certificate of sale, take the sheriff’s deed under it in his name,…
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