Sliter v. Carpenter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for cutting wood from an island in the Wisconsin river. The plaintiff is the owner of the fractional northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 24, township 8 north, range 3 east, which is designated as lot 3. This land lies adjoining and borders on .the Wisconsin river.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover damages for cutting wood from an island in the Wisconsin river. The plaintiff is the owner of the fractional northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 24, township 8 north, range 3 east, which is designated as lot 3. This land lies adjoining and borders on .the Wisconsin river. On the bed of the river, bordering on plaintiff’s land, is an island, which extends to the west. The river bed borders on fractional lots of land in the same section, known as lots 1 and…
1Opinion of the CourtSiKBECKER, J.
The facts of this case are to' the effect, that an island formed on the Wisconsin river bed, the main part of which is in front of the above-described land, designated as lots 1, 2, and 3 — being fractional quarter sections— and that plaintiff and his assigns are riparian proprietors of the bed of the river in front of these lots of land. It is also conceded that the greater part of the island lies between the south bank of the river and the thread of the stream (i. e.,. midway between the two banks), and that this has been the situation since 1853. There is no contention but that defendant…
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