Krause v. Busacker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of-the superior- court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. SUTHERLAND, Judge. This is an action to recover damages for- alleged- false-representations claimed to have been made by the defendant to the plaintiff by reason of which the plaintiff was induced to purchase a certain mill site and dam in the town of Saukville, Ozaukee county, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of-the superior- court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. SUTHERLAND, Judge. This is an action to recover damages for- alleged- false-representations claimed to have been made by the defendant to the plaintiff by reason of which the plaintiff was induced to purchase a certain mill site and dam in the town of Saukville, Ozaukee county, Wisconsin. The- complaint alleges that the plaintiff, on the 27th of January, 1891,. owned a homestead in the city of Milwaukee, worth $2,900,. and that thereafter the defendant, Bmaelcer, opened negotiations with the plaintiff, Krarnse, to…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The appellant contends: (1) That the judgment must be reversed because scienter is not found; (2) that the court erred in striking out the eighth finding of the verdict; and (3) that, in any event, the court erred in allowing *354to the plaintiff as damages the $450 expended upon the-property for improvements.
1. The claim that in an action at law to recover damages for materially false representations, by which the purchase of property is induced, the representations must be shown, to have been wilfully false, cannot be sustained. The question has been settled in this court by numerous…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Bird v. KleinerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
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