Norcross v. Griffiths
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rook County. Ejectment. The land in question is a part of the bed of Rock river, and is a part of lot 174 in Smith, Bailey and Stone’s addition to the city of Janesville. Said lot 174 is bounded on the north by Milwaukee street and on the east by the middle line or thread of Rock river.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Rook County. Ejectment. The land in question is a part of the bed of Rock river, and is a part of lot 174 in Smith, Bailey and Stone’s addition to the city of Janesville. Said lot 174 is bounded on the north by Milwaukee street and on the east by the middle line or thread of Rock river. On June 25, 1852, Timothy Jackman and Shubael W. Smith were the owners of the whole of said lot 174, except a strip along the east side thereof, lying wholly in the bed of the river, having a frontage of twenty feet on Milwaukee street and extending back one hundred feet along…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action of ejectment, brought by the respondent to recover a piece of land particularly described in the complaint, and of which the appellants held possession at the commencement of this action, claiming title adversely to the plaintiff and respondent. There are certain facts which aré either admitted or fully proven upon the trial.
The first, and a very material fact in the case, is that the land described in the complaint was, at the time of the commencement of the action, a part of the bed of Rock river, and within the city of Janesville.
Second. That it was a part of the bed of…
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