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135 Wis. 573

Erickson v. Hammond

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1908

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1908-05-08

D. Hastings, Circuit Judge. This is an action to quiet title. The respondent claims an interest in the premises through a mortgage executed hy the owner, E. T. Clegg, April 14, 1905.

Affirmed · Decided 1908-05-08

Siebeckee, J.

¶1As shown by the above statement, the court determinecl that the respondent acquired a mortgage lien on the premises subject to the interest acquired by Anna J. McArthur under the conveyance of June 2, 1904. This conveyance, though a deed in form, was in fact a mortgage, and secured an indebtedness owing from Clegg to the bank of which McArthur was cashier. This fact was known to the plaintiff and the other parties through whom he acquired his interest in the premises. The court’s findings of fact to this effect are supported by the evidence. It also appears that plaintiff acquired the mortgage interest represented in the conveyance to McArthur and that he obtained a conveyance of the title subject to respondent’s lien. Under these circumstances the court properly awarded judgment declaring respondent’s mortgage interest a subsisting one and dismissing the complaint.,

¶2By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.

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