King v. Ransom
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waupaca County. On September 3, 1890, the defendant F. Cleary leased to the plaintiff the Times Printing Office, with type, printing material, and furniture, then located in Smith’s block in New London, for the term of one year from that date.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Waupaca County. On September 3, 1890, the defendant F. Cleary leased to the plaintiff the Times Printing Office, with type, printing material, and furniture, then located in Smith’s block in New London, for the term of one year from that date. In and by said lease the plaintiff agreed to pay said Cleary for the same $7 per month, quarterly, and pay the taxes on the property, and cause said property to be insured in some suitable company, to be approved b3r Cleary, in the sum of $1,000. The lease also contained a clause to the effect that in case of sale of…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
At the close of the evidence on the part of the plaintiff the court granted a nonsuit as to all the defendants except Ransom and Gleary, who were together at the time of taking possession of the property, March 9, 1891. At the close of all the evidence the court directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants Ransom and Oleary for such damages as they should be satisfied from the evidence that the plaintiff had sustained by reason of their taking and withholding the property described in the lease and mentioned in the foregoing statement. It is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnston v. KingWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892