Littlejohn v. Turner
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for WcmJcesha County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tatloe as a part of the opinion: The plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court, for the purpose of perpetually enjoining the sale of certain real estate, owned by him, upon an execution issued upon a judgment in favor of the defendants’ testator, Elijah Gove, deceased, against one Benjamin Boorman, and to have the court adjudge that such judgment was…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for WcmJcesha County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Tatloe as a part of the opinion: The plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court, for the purpose of perpetually enjoining the sale of certain real estate, owned by him, upon an execution issued upon a judgment in favor of the defendants’ testator, Elijah Gove, deceased, against one Benjamin Boorman, and to have the court adjudge that such judgment was not a lien upon said real estate. The facts in the case, as claimed by the defendants, are substantially as follows: On…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
The learned counsel for the appellants claim, first, that the assignment is void because one of the sureties to the bond of the assignee was a practicing attorney in the courts of this state.
¥e think the undisputed evidence in the case shows that the appellants are not in a position to contest the validity of the assignment in this action. It seems to us very clear that Elijah Gove, in his life-time, presented bis claim against the assignee, in the assignment proceedings, in the manner required to entitle himself to any dividends which might arise from the assets in the hands of the assignee;…
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