State ex rel. Cramer v. Bodden
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The relators herein, Harriet L. Cramer and John F. Cramer, are and were prior to June 1, 1918, the owners in fee simple of lot 7, block 18, of the Third ward of the city of Milwaukee, upon which was situated a four-story brick building.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Lawrence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. The relators herein, Harriet L. Cramer and John F. Cramer, are and were prior to June 1, 1918, the owners in fee simple of lot 7, block 18, of the Third ward of the city of Milwaukee, upon which was situated a four-story brick building. Prior to June 1, 1918, the Cramers were stockholders, officers, and directors in the Evening Wisconsin Company, which carried on the business of publishing a newspaper and running a job-printing office. On May 31, 1918, the Evening Wisconsin Company sold its…
1Opinion of the CourtRosenbeery, J.
The controversy in this case involves a construction of sec. 1035; Stats. 1919:
“The terms 'real property,’ Teal estate’ and ‘land,’ when •used in this title, shall include not only the land itself but all buildings, including buildings on leased land and all fixtures, improvements thereon, rights and privileges appertaining thereto, and also private railroads and bridges.”
Also sec. 1043, Stats. 1919:
“Real property shall be entered in the name of the owner, if known to the assessor, otherwise to the occupant thereof if ascertainable, and otherwise without any name. . . . All buildings on lands…
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