Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Groh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County.. This is an action of ejectment commenced in November, 1889, to recover a tract of land in the city of Sheboygan lying south of the harbor in that city, bounded on the east by Lake Michigan, on the south by a direct line running from Lake Michigan west to the Sheboygan river, and. on the west and north by irregular lines sufficiently described in the complaint.
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APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County.. This is an action of ejectment commenced in November, 1889, to recover a tract of land in the city of Sheboygan lying south of the harbor in that city, bounded on the east by Lake Michigan, on the south by a direct line running from Lake Michigan west to the Sheboygan river, and. on the west and north by irregular lines sufficiently described in the complaint. For convenience or accuracy of description three tracts of land are described in the complaint, each by metes and bounds, but these adjoin each other,-.and together constitute but…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed .June 21, 1893:
Lyon, C. J.
A careful examination of the testimony satisfies us that the court ruled correctly that the plaintiffs had established their title to all the land in controversy, except in so far as their title to a portion thereof might be divested by the alleged adverse possession of defendant George Groh and those claiming under him.
I. The appeal of plaintiffs will first be considered. The errors chiefly relied upon by them for a reversal of so much of the judgment as awards defendants the land included in the inclosure are that the testimony does…
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