Skinner v. James
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Fayette County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This action of ejectment was commenced October 31, 1883. To establish his legal title, the plaintiff relies upon the facts, in effect, that January 9,1860, the legal title to eighty acres of land in La Payette county, being the W. of the S. W. ¿ of section 33, township 3 PT., of range 2 E., was conveyed to the defendant William James by warranty deed…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Fayette County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This action of ejectment was commenced October 31, 1883. To establish his legal title, the plaintiff relies upon the facts, in effect, that January 9,1860, the legal title to eighty acres of land in La Payette county, being the W. of the S. W. ¿ of section 33, township 3 PT., of range 2 E., was conveyed to the defendant William James by warranty deed from Robert Bently and wife, and then recorded, which deed recited a consideration of $1,000; that thereupon the…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
A careful examination of the record forces the conviction that the findings of the court are fully sustained by the evidence. This being so, the case must be determined with reference to the facts thus established. Among these facts it appears, in effect, that the defendant Ann Moody James and her husband talked over the making of the purchase of the eighty; that they went together to consummate the purchase; that she handed her husband the $500, to be paid as a part of the purchase price; that they were both' present, January 9, 1860, when the deed was delivered to the husband; and the…
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