White v. Machovec

In 1917 defendant Mahr was the owner of a farm located in the town of Greenwood, Vernon county, Wisconsin. On November 2, 1917, he and his wife entered into an agreement with the village of Hillsboro which provided:

“That the parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred'fifty dollars, to them in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have contracted and sold to the party of the second part the right to take and remove shale from the hill now opened by the parties of the second part on the farm now owned by the parties of the first part in the…