Ansley v. Peterson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPE AL from tbe Circuit Court for La Fayette County. Action of ejectment; tbe opinion states the case; verdict and finding for defendant, and a motion for a new trial being overruled, plaintiff appealed. argued, among other things, that the certificate of the commissioner of the general land office, reciting a history, was properly excluded, since such certificate could not take the place of a deposition by the commissioner, and because no law of congress or of the state…
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APPE AL from tbe Circuit Court for La Fayette County. Action of ejectment; tbe opinion states the case; verdict and finding for defendant, and a motion for a new trial being overruled, plaintiff appealed. argued, among other things, that the certificate of the commissioner of the general land office, reciting a history, was properly excluded, since such certificate could not take the place of a deposition by the commissioner, and because no law of congress or of the state authorized the substitution of such certificate for a deposition. Oates v. Winslow, 1 Wis., 650; Bigelow v. BlaJce, 18…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
Ejectment for the S. E. i of the S. E. ¿ of section 24, in township three, north of range four east, in La Fayette county. The plaintiff claims title by patent from the United States, and the defendant under a tax deed. The controversy turns upon the true date of entry or location by the plaintiff of a military land warrant upon the land, whether the same was the 27th of July, 1854 or the 29th of December, 1865. *655Tbe plaintiff insists tbat tbe latter was tbe true date of bis location, whilst tbe defendant contends for tbe former. Tbe patent to tbe plaintiff bears date February 10, 1866. To…
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