Williams v. Jones
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for. Columbia county: Chester A. Fowler, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from that part of the order which overruled plaintiffs’ demurrer to the answer of defendants Ann Jones and John H. Jones. This action was brought to have adjudicated and determined the respective rights of the plaintiffs and the defendants Ann Jones and John H. Jones in a mortgage of $15,000 executed by the defendants Frank Visser and Emma Visser.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for. Columbia county: Chester A. Fowler, Circuit Judge. The appeal is from that part of the order which overruled plaintiffs’ demurrer to the answer of defendants Ann Jones and John H. Jones. This action was brought to have adjudicated and determined the respective rights of the plaintiffs and the defendants Ann Jones and John H. Jones in a mortgage of $15,000 executed by the defendants Frank Visser and Emma Visser. The plaintiffs and Arthur Williams, now deceased, were brothers, and the defendants Ann Jones and John H. Jones are the residuary…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecker, C. J.
It is claimed by the plaintiffs that this note and mortgage given to the plaintiffs and Arthur Williams, being joint in form, must therefore be held as creating a joint tenancy, and that the facts and circumstances of the transaction resulting in their execution and delivery cannot *384be considered nor received in evidence as showing that the note and mortgage were, intended to, and did in fact, create a tenancy in common between the plaintiffs and Arthur Williams. This claim of the plaintiffs is based on the statutes (gee. 2068 and 2069).
“Sec. 2068. All grants and devises of land made to two or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dupont v. JonetWisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
- Fiedler v. HowardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Farr v. Trustees of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United WorkmenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Park v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Farwell v. WareenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
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- Fulton R. Gordon, Inc. v. SchramDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
- Sparks v. SparksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942