Whitney v. Gunderson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Ejectment, brought by Emmeline S. Whitney, widow and de-visee of Daniel Wbitney, James S. Balcer and Louis B. Portier. The last named is described in the title of the cause, as “ administrator of the estate of Augustin Grignon, deceased,” but there is no averment in the complaint as to his representative character.
Read the full summary
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Ejectment, brought by Emmeline S. Whitney, widow and de-visee of Daniel Wbitney, James S. Balcer and Louis B. Portier. The last named is described in the title of the cause, as “ administrator of the estate of Augustin Grignon, deceased,” but there is no averment in the complaint as to his representative character. Plaintiffs claimed that the land in dispute was part of a tract granted to Pierre Grignon, and for which a patent was issued to him and his heirs by the United States, June 2, 1870, in pursuance of an act of congress approved June 18,…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed at the January term, 1872.
Oole, J.
It appears that the land in controversy is a part of a tract which was known and described in the report of the commissioners to examine titles and claims in the territory of Michigan, under the act of congress of February 21, 1823 (3 U. S. Stats, at Large, p. 724, chap. 10), as the “ vacant strip ” situated between private land claim No. one, confirmed to Jacques Porlier, and private land claim No. two, confirmed to Louis Grrignon, on the west side of Fox river at Grreen Bay. Alexis Grardapier made a claim before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bassett v. WelchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
3Cited by18 opinions
- Burns v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- State ex rel. Wickham v. NygaardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
- Williamson v. RussellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
- Stiles v. GrangerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1908
- Cent.l Pac. R.R. Co. v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1877
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.