Adams v. Haskell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY. This was an action to foreclose a mortgage; the defendants appeared and answered, and a trial was had, and judgment of foreclosure rendered against George W. Haskell and Hannah S. Haskell, for the sale of a part of the land named in the bill and mortgage, and judgment against George W. Haskell and Edward W. Haskell for the deficiency, if any, and judgment for Gilbert Allen, another defendant, for his costs.
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APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY. This was an action to foreclose a mortgage; the defendants appeared and answered, and a trial was had, and judgment of foreclosure rendered against George W. Haskell and Hannah S. Haskell, for the sale of a part of the land named in the bill and mortgage, and judgment against George W. Haskell and Edward W. Haskell for the deficiency, if any, and judgment for Gilbert Allen, another defendant, for his costs. The sale was made by a referee, at Watertown, sixteen miles from the mortgaged premises, at Jefferson; and the agent of appellants, their…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
We think the order from which this appeal is taken, must be affirmed. There is nothing in the case tending to show that the sale was not fairly and legally made, or which created a suspicion that the purchaser, and every person connected with the sale, did not proceed in a fair, upright manner, in making it. It appears that the' sale was made at Watertown, and that the agent of the appellants, their attorneys, and one Allen, left Jefferson on the morning of the sale, to go to Watertown, to bid upon the property, Allen had agreed with the agent to bid up to five hundred…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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