Taft v. Kessel
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court for La Crosse County. Action by Taft the vendor, against Kessel the vendee, to foreclose a written contract! for the sale and conveyance of one hundred and twenty acres of land.
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APPEAL from the County Court for La Crosse County. Action by Taft the vendor, against Kessel the vendee, to foreclose a written contract! for the sale and conveyance of one hundred and twenty acres of land. The contract states that Taft is the owner of the lands described therein, and that he is to convey the same to Kessel by a good and sufficient deed, free and clear from all incumbrances made or suffered, by, through or under Taft, if Kessel should pay him #450 on or before the 12th day of July, 1859,'with interest. The complaint alleges, among other things, that Taft continued to be the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Paine, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff as vendor, to bar the defendant’s equities under a land contract. The defendant set up that be bad been damaged by the fraudulent representations of the plaintiff, as to the boundaries of the land, made at the time of the sale. But the finding of the court was adverse to the defense, and there is no sufficient exception to enable us to review any question of fact. The finding embraces a series of distinct propositions, some of fact and some of law, and there is only a general exception to the whole finding. That this is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Williams v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1834
3Cited by27 opinions
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