179 Wis. 520 | Wis. | 1923
The lower court rendered judgment in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff, notwithstanding the verdict, on the ground that the original contract of
We can discover no theory upon which the deal as concluded can be construed to include feed which had already been fed, or hay not then on the premises and which was not delivered to the plaintiff. In other words, the first valid and binding agreement between the parties was engendered January 22d and, so far as personal property involved is concerned, it related only to such personal property as was then in existence and on the farm. At no time did defendant efficiently undertake or agree to vest plaintiff with title to any other personal property. In order for the plaintiff to recover either for breach of contract or conversion he must trace' his title to the personal property appropriated through the contract of August 22d, which, under the statute, was void. Being void, it was ineffectual to invest him
By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.