Hotson v. Wetherby
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. The respondent filed a petition in the circuit court for Douglas county, in the matter of the proceedings of the Northwestern Coal Railway Company, for the condemnation of block 42 on East St. Croix street in the city of Superior for railway purposes, claiming that the sum of $1,500, paid into court by the company as compensation for taking said premises, should be paid over to him as the owner thereof; and he made the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. The respondent filed a petition in the circuit court for Douglas county, in the matter of the proceedings of the Northwestern Coal Railway Company, for the condemnation of block 42 on East St. Croix street in the city of Superior for railway purposes, claiming that the sum of $1,500, paid into court by the company as compensation for taking said premises, should be paid over to him as the owner thereof; and he made the appellant and one Burhans parties to his petition, on the ground that they severally claimed said premises and said fund.…
1Opinion of the CourtPinNey, J.
The principal objections made to the respondent’s title are laches in taking and recording the tax *330deed, and that, by abandonment of the purchase, all rights under the certificate of sale were lost before the deed was issued; that it was not properly recorded so as to give constructive notice of its existence and afford a basis for the statute of limitations of three'years; and that the issue of the deed had been barred by the statute before its date, and that the completion of the index entry of the registry of the deed was void and inoperative, and, until lawfully recorded, the deed was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Oconto Co. v. JerrardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- St. Croix Land & Lumber Co. v. RitchieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Lander v. BromleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
- Lombard v. CulbertsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Hall v. BakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gates v. ParmlyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Bardon v. Land & River Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Cole v. Van OstrandWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Hunt v. StinsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Washburn Land Co. v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
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