Krakow v. Wille
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Jefferson •county: B. E. DuNwiddie, Circuit Judge. On October 27, 1900, plaintiff and William Wille, since deceased, entered into a contract whereby Wille agreed to convey certain lands to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Jefferson •county: B. E. DuNwiddie, Circuit Judge. On October 27, 1900, plaintiff and William Wille, since deceased, entered into a contract whereby Wille agreed to convey certain lands to the plaintiff. Tbe covenants of the-contract material to this cause are as follows: “The said party of the second part [plaintiff] hereby agrees and binds himself and his legal representatives to pay or cause to be paid to the said party of the first part, his heirs or assigns, the sum of eight thousand ($8,000) dollars in the manner following: Two hundred fifty…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeokee, J.
The complaint contains two causes of action, the one equitable and the other legal. The former is alleged for the purpose of obtaining a reformation of the contract by the correction of the alleged misdescription of the premises intended to be covered by the parties, and the latter sets forth the facts whereon plaintiff asserts the right to re- • cover damages for the injury done to the freehold by the severance of trees by the defendant after the making of the contract for the sale of the land and before its conveyance by deed to the plaintiff under the conditions of this sale. It has been…
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