Pirie v. Le Saulnier
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OeReh T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action to recover two bonds of the par value of $1,000 each. The issue involved the question of whether the bonds belonged to defendant Margaret B. Gaswell or to the estate of Margaret Vance, deceased. Defendant John B. Le Saulnier had possession of the bonds and refused to surrender them until the true ownership was determined.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OeReh T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action to recover two bonds of the par value of $1,000 each. The issue involved the question of whether the bonds belonged to defendant Margaret B. Gaswell or to the estate of Margaret Vance, deceased. Defendant John B. Le Saulnier had possession of the bonds and refused to surrender them until the true ownership was determined. He did not claim any personal interest in the property. The evidence was to this effect: Mr. Le Saulnier, during the period the occurrences with reference to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Counsel for appellant concede, and we agree, that the facts in this case are undisputed, as the trial *507court held, and that the question to be decided is, Was a right conclusion reached as to the legal effect of such facts ? That renders the question as to the admissibility of evidence immaterial, though counsel discuss some such questions to which we will briefly refer. Unless the trial court was clearly wrong in holding that Miss Gaswell became the owner of the property in controversy by gift from Miss Vance, the judgment must be affirmed.
It is elementary that a purpose to make a gift of…
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