Illinois Steel Co. v. Budzisz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oreen T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action in ejectment.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oreen T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Action in ejectment. The issues litigated upon the trial concerned, in the main, whether defendant August Budzisz was, at the time of the-commencement of the action, the owner of the premises in dispute by reason of having been for ten years theretofore, uninterruptedly, in adverse possession thereof, under claim of' title exclusive of any other right, founding such claim upon a. written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises,, satisfying all the essentials of title by adverse…
1DissentBarnes, J.
The importance and the far-reaching effect of the rule of law declared in the opinion of the majority of the court impels me to express my views more at length than would ordinarily be excusable in a dissenting •opinion. I think that'opinion places a premium on piracy, ¡not warranted by the statute, not sanctioned by the former *303■decisions of this court, and certainly not in harmony with the ■decisions of any other courts in this country, except those of Pennsylvania. The court holds that where a tenant in possession assumes to sell the property of his landlord, and thereupon, quietly and in…
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