Harrass v. Edwards
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Ashland county: JohN K. Parish, Circuit Judge. ■ This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover against the defendants, Thomas Edwcurds and John A. Q-uam, the amount of money he had paid to them upon an executory contract they had made to convey to him two certain lots in block 3 of Edwards & Quam’s addition to Ashland, and also $400, the value of a certain house of the plaintiff, built on the premises as a part of the…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Ashland county: JohN K. Parish, Circuit Judge. ■ This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover against the defendants, Thomas Edwcurds and John A. Q-uam, the amount of money he had paid to them upon an executory contract they had made to convey to him two certain lots in block 3 of Edwards & Quam’s addition to Ashland, and also $400, the value of a certain house of the plaintiff, built on the premises as a part of the consideration for the lots. It is conceded that the verdict, which was directed in favor of the plaintiff, was supported by…
1Opinion of the CourtPinNey, J.
It is evident that the deed from the heirs of Albert A. Little to Melissa M. Little was not executed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, as required by the statute (R. S. sec. 2216), except as to the twentieth grantor, Henry C. Hurlbert, and was not entitled to be, and was not legally, recorded, except as a conveyance of the inconsiderable interest he had in the property described in it. The attestation by the subscribing witnesses is not general, but restricted to its execution by said Hurlbert. If the attestation could be considered at all equivocal or doubtful, the fact that…
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- McPherson v. . SchadeNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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