Ward v. Walters
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. Tbe following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of ejectment. The case was tried by the court without a jury. No bill óf exceptions was settled in the case, and the only question in the case is whéther the pleadings and the findings of fact support the judgment in the case.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marathon County. Tbe following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of ejectment. The case was tried by the court without a jury. No bill óf exceptions was settled in the case, and the only question in the case is whéther the pleadings and the findings of fact support the judgment in the case. The pleading on the part of the plaintiffs is the ordinary statutory complaint in such action; on the part of the defendant the answer is a general denial, and sets up title in…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloe, J.
Tbe learned counsel for tbe appellants contends tbat upon tbe facts found tbe defendant’s tax deed was void, and did not, therefore, divest tbe title of tbe appellants or convey any title to defendant, — • (1) because tbe tax deed was not acknowledged as required by law; and (2) because tbe affidavit of tbe publication and posting of tbe notices of tbe tax sale shows tbat tbe notices of tbe sale were not posted a sufficient length of time before tbe sale took place, and because it is defective in not. naming tbe public places in tbe county where such notices were posted.
We think tbe first…
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