Laffitte v. City of Superior
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas-county: A. J. Vikje,-Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The pleadings were in the usual form presenting the question of whether the claimants of the land in controversy, as possessors of the patent title, had' been in possession of such land during the three years succeeding the execution of the tax deed, under which defendant claimed, so as to extinguish by force of sec. 1188, Stats.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas-county: A. J. Vikje,-Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. The pleadings were in the usual form presenting the question of whether the claimants of the land in controversy, as possessors of the patent title, had' been in possession of such land during the three years succeeding the execution of the tax deed, under which defendant claimed, so as to extinguish by force of sec. 1188, Stats. (1898), the latter title, or defendant took possession of the premises under the tax-deed title and held the same adversely to the original owner during…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
It seems to be conceded, as the fact is,, that unless respondent under its tax-deed title, within the three years after the recording of such deed, took adverse possession of that part of the block in question not occupied by its building, and held such possession until the termination of such period, then as to that portion, not so adversely possessed, the statute of limitations ran in favor of the original title extinguishing the tax title, leaving only the deed, as to the latter, a cloud on the record as to the former title,, rendering it competent for plaintiff to maintain an action…
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