Kelley v. Crawford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Kenosha county: FeaNK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. Action in ejectment by sis of the nine children of William Crawford, who died intestate October 1, 1899, against.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Kenosha county: FeaNK M. Fish, Circuit Judge. Action in ejectment by sis of the nine children of William Crawford, who died intestate October 1, 1899, against. John J. Crawford, another child, to recover eighty acres of land in Kenosha county, Wisconsin, of which the paper title has at all times been in William Crawford, but which the defendant has occupied as a farm continuously since the year 1875. The defense was first, an alleged parol gift from William to John J., consummated by possession and improvements, consisting of clearing the land…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
One question of the admissibility of certain evidence, which obviously had much weight with the trial court, naturally precedes a review of the findings. That question arises thus: Defendant offered two loose sheets of *370paper, bearing no label or designation or date. Each is in three columns, headed:
Articles Sold, ' Name, Amount, § • ots.
They contain some twenty items of which the following are typical:
53 Steers John Woodhouse 607.—
Cash §200; settled balance note
Rent on Land John Crawford; settled by note 300.—
All the entries were in the handwriting of a deceased daughter of William Crawford,…
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