Hubbard v. McLean
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dunn ■county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced January 31, 1901, to recover $1,000 damages for moneys obtained from the plaintiff by fraud and false representations. This is an appeal from an •order overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dunn ■county: E. W. Helms, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced January 31, 1901, to recover $1,000 damages for moneys obtained from the plaintiff by fraud and false representations. This is an appeal from an •order overruling a demurrer to the complaint. Tbe complaint alleges, in effect, that July 9, 1880, Hamilton Hubbard, the father of the plaintiff, owned 800 acres of land and some village lots, therein described, in Dunn county; that one A. L. Smith owned a mortgage thereon, securing an indebtedness to him against the plaintiff’s father,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassodat, O. J.
The facts stated are all admitted by the demurrer. It appears that the plaintiff’s father was financially embarrassed. He had a large amount of land, upon which Smith held a mortgage and tax deed, and there were several judgments against him. Under -such circumstances the father went to the defendant, an attorney at law in the county, and who was at the time agent for the mortgagee, for advice and counsel. In pursuance of the defendant’s advice and counsel, the father transferred his property to Hatch, who was to hold and convey the same, when requested, for the father’s…
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