Legal Opinion

Minn Billiard Co. v. Schwab

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1922PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtVinje, C. J.

The substance of the argument of the plaintiff is to the effect that parties have a right to make their own contracts and to enforce the stipulations therein provided for a breach thereof; that in this case the promise *133to extend the payment of the note due April 1st was made without consideration and was therefore void, and could not be relied upon by the defendants, citing Fanning v. Murphy, 126 Wis. 538, 105 N. W. 1056; Radford v. Smith, 149 Wis. 163, 135 N. W. 472; and Haase v. Blank, 177 Wis. 17, 187 N. W. 669. It is true that a promise without a new consideration for the extension of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Fanning v. MurphyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Seeman v. BiemannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  3. City of Madison v. American Sanitary Engineering Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Peine v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1868
  5. Krutz v. RobbinsWashington Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Schneider v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen, Local Union No. 73 v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1943

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