Frederick v. Pacquette
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action below was ejectment by Moses Pacquette and Theresa Brislois, against Adam Frederick.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action below was ejectment by Moses Pacquette and Theresa Brislois, against Adam Frederick. The plaintiffs read in evidence the treaty made between the U. S. and the nation of Winnebago Indians, on the 1st of August, 1829, by one section of which it was agreed that from the land thereby ceded there should be granted by the U. S.} “ to be located without the mineral country, under the direction of the President * * to Pierre Pacquette two sections,” and several sections to other persons named, with the qualification that said lands were “ not to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dovtoer, J.
Tbe facts in this case, so far as any question arises on them, are tire same as in that of Sitzman v. Pacquette, 13 Wis., 291. A question, however, somewhat different from any passed upon in that case is presented by tbe counsel for tbe plaintiff in error. They say, grant that Brunson was not in fact administrator de bonis non, yet bis petition as such for leave to sell tbe land of which Pierre Pacquette died seized, tbe notice of tbe application to tbe heirs, and tbe *547order of tbe probate court authorizing tbe sale to be made, are all regular on tbeir face, and show…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Atkins v. KinnanNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Bull v. ConroeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Jackson ex dem. Jenkins v. RobinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Wanzer v. HowlandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Sitzman v. PacquetteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
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