Wilcox v. Bates
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Boole County. Action against Allen G. Bates and George Harvey ancl their wives, to redeem two hundred acres of land. The complaint charges that Bates and Harvey acquired the legal title under an arrangement whereby they were to hold it as security for moneys advanced by them to pay plaintiff’s debts, and that they had conveyed a portion of said lands to Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Harvey without any valuable consideration, etc.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Boole County. Action against Allen G. Bates and George Harvey ancl their wives, to redeem two hundred acres of land. The complaint charges that Bates and Harvey acquired the legal title under an arrangement whereby they were to hold it as security for moneys advanced by them to pay plaintiff’s debts, and that they had conveyed a portion of said lands to Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Harvey without any valuable consideration, etc. The judgment demanded (so far as important here) was, in substance, that the conveyances under which Bates and Harvey claimed, might be…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed in January7, 1878:
EyaN, O. J.
It is not impossible that.when this cause was here before, Wilcox v. Bates, 26 Wis., 465, the opinion of the late Mr. Justice EaiNE, and the judgment of the court, were too broad. The court may have intended only to hold that a trust was established, and that the respondents in that appeal, the appellants in this, should be held to account for the administration of the trust, without determining the details involved. But the prayer of the complaint is very specific; and the opinion directs judgment “ for the relief demanded in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Osgood v. FranklinNew York Court of Chancery · 1816
- Du Pont v. DavisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Franklin v. OsgoodCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1817
- Wilcox v. BatesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Pringle v. DunnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hoile v. BaileyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Martin v. MorrisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Baker v. BakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Lutien v. City of KewauneeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Taylor v. HillWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
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