178 Wis. 375 | Wis. | 1922
The complaint in this case covers twelve pages of the printed case and in it a great mass of evidentiary matter is. set out, most of which has no proper place in a complaint. We shall not set out the complaint but refer to such parts of it as are necessary to dispose of the questions raised here.
First, it is claimed that there is a misjoinder of a cause of action for fraud in inducing the exchange of real estate with an entirely distinct cause of action for misappropriation of rents by two of the defendants after the exchange was made, and further, that there is a misjoinder of an alleged cause of action' against the defendant Rosenheimer
It is next urged that the complaint states no cause of action whatever against the defendant Weil. It appears from the allegations of the complaint that Weil, with the defendants George W. Adams and Orlo H. Adams, were the owners of a part of the premises conveyed to the plaintiff in exchange for which she conveyed her property to Weil and his codefendants George W. Adams and Orlo H. Adams. There is no allegation of partnership nor no direct allegation that in making the exchange the defendants Adams, who were charged with participation in the fraud, represented the defendant Weil. It appearing from the allegations of the complaint that the exchange was induced by fraud, that in the consummation of the fraud the defendant Weil parted with his property and was a beneficiary of the alleged fraud,*we think in the absence of any other showing that the allegation that the defendants conspired to defraud the plaintiff is sufficient to charge the
It is next urged that there is a defect of parties plaintiff in that it appears upon the face of the complaint that the estate of John July, the deceased husband of the plaintiff, and the children of the deceased are necessary parties. The argument to support this claim is very attenuated, to say the least. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, Susan July, was the widow of John July; that her husband, John July, died in 1918, and that his estate was then being probated in the county court of Washington county; that the plaintiff was to receive $4,000 in cash, which was needed in a large part to settle the estate of her deceased husband. From these and similar allegations defendants deduce the conclusion that she inherited the property from her husband. It further appears from' the complaint that the plaintiff was the owner of the premises in question. She may have been the widow of John July and this farm may have constituted her separate estate. She may have had interests in connection with the settlement of her husband’s estate which would require her to produce $4,000 from her own resources. We find nothing in the complaint to substantiate the claim that she had inherited this property from her husband. In the absence of an allegation to that effect, the allegation that she was the owner of the property in question must control.
We are urged on behalf of the respondent to hold the demurrers in question frivolous and impose the penalty of double costs and direct the immediate return of the record to the clerk of the circuit court for. Washington county. While we must hold that the demurrers are not well taken, the complaint is certainly open to criticism and we cannot say that the attack upon the complaint by way of demurrer
By the Court. — The orders appealed from are affirmed.
