Westphal v. Schultz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Ejectment. Tbe defendant appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Ejectment. Tbe defendant appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor. The circuit judge found the facts substantially as follows: Plaintiff is, and was at the commencement of the action, owner in fee simple and entitled to the possession of .the north half of the northwest quarter of a certain section of land; while defendant was and is, in like manner, owner and entitled to the possession of the south half of the same quarter section. The government plats and survey show, in the north half of said quarter section 96.06 acres, and in the…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
The land recovered in this action is a strip between the north and south half of the northwest quarter of section 2, township 20 north, range 16 east. This section is fractional, and is bounded on the north by the town line. It appears from the government survey and field notes, that the north half of said quarter section contains 96 and 6-100 acres, *78and the south half 80 acres, and that the whole length of the west Tine of the quarter is 43 chains and 87 links.
It appears upon a resurvey, allowing full 80 acres to the south half of the quarter, the north half contains less than the number of…
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