Cutler v. Hurlbut
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from Circuit Court for Waukesha County. This action was brought by Morris D. Cutler against Edwin and Hiram HurTbut, to recover possession of certain real estate in Waukesha county, to which the plaintiff claimed title in fee. The defendant, Edwin HurTbut, answered, claiming title to the premises under a tax deed, and also averring that the plaintiff is not the true owner of the land or the real party in interest.
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APPEAL from Circuit Court for Waukesha County. This action was brought by Morris D. Cutler against Edwin and Hiram HurTbut, to recover possession of certain real estate in Waukesha county, to which the plaintiff claimed title in fee. The defendant, Edwin HurTbut, answered, claiming title to the premises under a tax deed, and also averring that the plaintiff is not the true owner of the land or the real party in interest. The defendant, Hiram HurTbut, disclaimed any interest in the land except as tenant under Edwin. The facts proved are briefly stated in the opinion of Judge LyoN. The form of…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
This was an action brought to recover the possession of certain land in the county of Waukesha, purchased of the state in 1848, by John W. Pixley and by Mm conveyed to the plaintiff in 1867; and was commenced February 18, 1868. The land was sold to the county, April 13, 1852, for the unpaid taxes assessed thereon in the year 1851, and the certificate of such sale was duly assigned by the proper officer to Isaac Lain. On the 2d of May, 1855, the clerk of the board of supervisors of Waukesha county executed to Lain a deed of the land, wMch was recorded on the day it was executed. Such *156tax deed…
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