Bracken v. Preston
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie District Court for Milwaukee County. The complainants, Charles Bracken, David Irvin, Amelia Daniels, Sarah Daniels and Cecilia Daniels filed their bill in the district court for Iowa county, against Sylvester B. Preston, William Kendall, William T. Phillips and William Nichols, claiming to be the owners of a certain tract of land in Iowa county and praying for a decree for an account of mineral taken therefrom by the defendants, and that they be decreed to…
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APPEAL from tlie District Court for Milwaukee County. The complainants, Charles Bracken, David Irvin, Amelia Daniels, Sarah Daniels and Cecilia Daniels filed their bill in the district court for Iowa county, against Sylvester B. Preston, William Kendall, William T. Phillips and William Nichols, claiming to be the owners of a certain tract of land in Iowa county and praying for a decree for an account of mineral taken therefrom by the defendants, and that they be decreed to yield and surrender possession thereof to the complainants, and for an injunction to restrain the defendants from working…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The bill of complainants is sworn to by Charles Bracken, one of complainants, who is also next friend of Sarah Daniels and Cecilia Daniels, of Michigan, minor children of Lyman J. Daniels, deceased. Amelia Daniels is the widow of said Lyman, deceased. The bill sets forth, that on the 18th day of November, A. D. 1835, Charles Bracken, David Irvin and Lyman J. Daniels entered at the land office at Mineral Point in Iowa county, the east half of the north-east quarter of section No. 5 in township No. 4 of range No. 3 east, containing 80 29-100 acres, and the receiver’s receipt for the payment of…
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- Harrison v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
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- Holmes v. SeelyNew York Supreme Court · 1838
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