Veeder v. Guppy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
This is an appeal by the appellants severally from the decision of the Circuit Court of Columbia county, on an appeal taken to that court from the dicision of the register of the State land office, touching the right of several claimants to enter the south west quarter of section five, in town twelve north, of range nine east, <&c., being a portion of the land granted to the State of Wisconsin by Congress “to aid. in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to…
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This is an appeal by the appellants severally from the decision of the Circuit Court of Columbia county, on an appeal taken to that court from the dicision of the register of the State land office, touching the right of several claimants to enter the south west quarter of section five, in town twelve north, of range nine east, <&c., being a portion of the land granted to the State of Wisconsin by Congress “to aid. in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the same by a canal.” At the .time of the passage of the act of Congress which was approved Aug. 8, 1846, by which…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
This cause came to this court under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 1 of the Session Laws of 1853, entitled “An act to allow appeals to be taken from the decision of the register of the land office,” approved February 1, *5151853. This act provides that in all cases of conflicting pre-emption claims, which, may be decided by the register of the State land office, after the 15th day of January, 1853, it shall be lawful for the party aggrieved by such decision, to appeal to the Circuit Court of the county in which the land lies, within sixty days after the…
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