Wrigglesworth v. Wrigglesworth
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit. Court for Walworth County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatloe: “Action, commenced in December, 1877, to enforce the specific performance of an alleged oral agreement between the parties, in relation to real estate.
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit. Court for Walworth County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tatloe: “Action, commenced in December, 1877, to enforce the specific performance of an alleged oral agreement between the parties, in relation to real estate. Plaintiff alleges that he furnished defendant with money to buy some real estate, upon the agreement that he should purchase the same on the joint account of himself and the plaintiff, each to own an undivided half of the real estate so purchased. The evidence shows that plaintiff' furnished the money as alleged in the complaint, some in 1805…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloe, J.
After a careful examination of the case, we are unable to say that the finding of the learned circuit judge is against the weight of evidence. „ On the other hand, giving proper weight to the fact that the plaintiff did not commence his action for relief until ten years after it accrued, the finding of the learned judge is fairly sustained by the evidence.
The exception that there were no sufficient findings of fact or conclusions of law, we do not think well taken. The court below found generally that 'the allegations of the complaint were not proved, and that, as a conclusion of law, -the…
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