Young v. Murphy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eicbland county: Geo. OleMENtsoN, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity to cancel a deed and subsequent mortgage on certain real estate.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eicbland county: Geo. OleMENtsoN, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity to cancel a deed and subsequent mortgage on certain real estate. The action was originally commenced against Michael 'Murphy and Nora Murphy, Ms wife, alone, but by an amended summons and complaint A. M. Lee and Emma H. Marshy the brother-in-law and niece, respectively, of the defendant Michael Murphy, were brought into the action as defendants, and, Lee having died during the pendency of the action, the same was revived by bringing in Kate Lee, his widow, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
While the defendant Michael Murphy denied that he was acting as attorney for the plaintiff when he received the deed of the land in dispute, and also claimed that there was a sufficient consideration for the transfer, we find that there was ample evidence in the record to sustain the findings of the trial court. Whatever might be the proper view of the transaction had it occurred between parties dealing at arm’s length, where no relations of trust or confidence exist, the law is well settled that no such transaction as the one found by the court can be sustained where it takes place between…
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