Ritchie v. Catlin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Ejectment to recover three lots in the city of Superior. The complaint describes the property as situated in Douglas county, and “ known as lots 194, 196, and 198 West Sixth street, in the city of Superior, and upon the town site of Superior as the said town site of Superior has been surveyed and platted and the plat thereof recorded in the office of the register of deeds for said Douglas'county.”
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Ejectment to recover three lots in the city of Superior. The complaint describes the property as situated in Douglas county, and “ known as lots 194, 196, and 198 West Sixth street, in the city of Superior, and upon the town site of Superior as the said town site of Superior has been surveyed and platted and the plat thereof recorded in the office of the register of deeds for said Douglas'county.” The plaintiff’s title rested on a tax deed from Douglas county, dated December 3,1866, and duly recorded on the same day. It was admitted on the…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
We entirely agree with the circuit judge in his conclusion that the plaintiff’s tax deed is fair on its face, and we shall spend no time discussing this question.
There is another question in the case, however, upon which we think the circuit judge erred. The land sued for is described in the complaint as lots 194, 196, and 198, West Sixth street, in the city of Superior, and upon the town site of Superior as the said town site has teen surveyed and platted and the plat thereof recorded. The tax deed upon which plaintiff’s title is founded describes the property as certain lots in the county…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reinhart v. Oconto CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887