Leonard v. Lent
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action upon three promissory notes, amounting in tbe aggregate to $100, besides interest.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action upon three promissory notes, amounting in tbe aggregate to $100, besides interest. The defendant being present at the dedication of a church edifice, a statement was read by a trustee of the society and member of the building committee, showing the indebtedness of the society or corporation, contracted in the erection of the building, and the sum needed to complete the same; and subscriptions were solicited upon the basis of a written document, which was read, and is in the terms following: “ LaKe Mills, September 15, i86g. “ For the…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
We affirm the judgment in this case, as we reversed the judgment in M. E. Church v. Sherman, 36 Wis., 404, with regret. There are imperfect obligations in law, which are not imperfect in morals. And such we are constrained to hold the obligation of the respondent in this record.
There seems to have been some confusion in this case between the respondent’s liability on his subscription to the church corporation, and on his promissory notes to Mr. Fa-*88ville. They appear in the record, to be quite distinct, neither materially affecting the other. An incomplete case upon the subscription, and an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United Brethren Church v. VandusenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Roberts v. McGrathWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Dennison v. AustinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
- Methodist Episcopal Church of Sun Prairie v. ShermanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
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