Hiles v. La Flesh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The facts are stated in the opinion. That part of the answer which was demurred to was as follows: “Further answering, and for the purpose of pleading the statute of limitations herein, the defendant avers that he claims and at the commencement of this action claimed the title to said pine timber, through, under, and by virtue of a certain tax deed from Wood county to one Lawrence Ward, duly executed, witnessed, and…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Wood County. The facts are stated in the opinion. That part of the answer which was demurred to was as follows: “Further answering, and for the purpose of pleading the statute of limitations herein, the defendant avers that he claims and at the commencement of this action claimed the title to said pine timber, through, under, and by virtue of a certain tax deed from Wood county to one Lawrence Ward, duly executed, witnessed, and acknowledged, on the 4th day of December, A. D. 1879, and recorded on the same day in the office of the register of deeds, in and…
1Opinion of the CourtObtoN, J.
This is .an action of ejectment against the defendant in possession; and in the complaint it is alleged that the defendant entered upon the land and cut off valuable timber, and committed great waste thereon, and the prayer therein is for the recovery of the possession of the land, and for damages for withholding the possession, and for the *467value of said timber. The answer denies each and every allegation of the complaint, and alleges the ownership of the timber so cut off in the defendant, and that the defendant claims the land under a tax deed issued to one Lawrence Ward on the 4th day of…
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