McMillen v. Strange
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: W. B. Quimxam, Judge. This action was brought to set aside a sale by the plaintiff to the defendant John Strange of 250 shares of the capital stock of the Eox River Paper Company of the par value of $25,000, on the ground of alleged fraud on the part of the defendant Strange. The Eox River Paper Company is a Wisconsin corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of paper at Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winnebago county: W. B. Quimxam, Judge. This action was brought to set aside a sale by the plaintiff to the defendant John Strange of 250 shares of the capital stock of the Eox River Paper Company of the par value of $25,000, on the ground of alleged fraud on the part of the defendant Strange. The Eox River Paper Company is a Wisconsin corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of paper at Appleton, Wisconsin. The complaint charges that the plaintiff was induced to make the contract of sale by the false and fraudulent representations of the…
1Opinion of the CourtIIeRwin, J.
Many of the material facts in this case are without substantial dispute. The main controversy arises more particularly upon conclusions drawn from facts proved than upon disputed questions of fact.'
Where a trial court finds the facts, or the facts are undisputed, and follows such findings or undisputed facts with conclusions contrary to what is legitimately deducible from such facts, to the effect that there was a fraudulent transaction, such conclusions are open to attack and reversal when the con-*279elusions are not properly deducible from the established facts. Conclusions of fact reached by…
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