Legal Opinion

Sprague v. Cœnen

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1872PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Brown County. Action of ejectment for the recovery of certain real estate set forth in the complaint. Complaint in the usual form. Answer, general denial and averment that defendants were owners in fee of the premises. The action was tried before the-court without a jury, the court finding for plaintiff, from which defendants appealed. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.

This is an action to recover the possession of tñe southwest quarter of the east half - private land claim No. 40, on the east side of Fox river, at Green Bay. The plaintiff had judgment and the defendants appealed.

The objections taken upon the trial to the admission of the documentary testimony introduced by the plaintiff, were very numerous. It will serve no useful purpose to discuss these objections here, as none of them present any question which is not elementary, and of course perfectly well understood by the profession. Most of them are purely technical, and in our opinion, none of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Knox v. PetersonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gates v. ParmlyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Maxon v. GatesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  3. City of Logansport v. HumphreyIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Reckitt v. KnightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Smith v. ToddWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882

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