Two Rivers Manufacturing Co. v. Beyer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit.Court for Outagamie County. The action is to set aside, as clouds upon the plaintiff’s title to certain land, a judgment in the case of W. II. Webster against J. L. Pfau, a sheriff’s deed, and a conveyance by the grantee in such sheriff’s deed.
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APPEALS from the Circuit.Court for Outagamie County. The action is to set aside, as clouds upon the plaintiff’s title to certain land, a judgment in the case of W. II. Webster against J. L. Pfau, a sheriff’s deed, and a conveyance by the grantee in such sheriff’s deed. Besides the faóts upon which the claim to such relief is based, the complaint states that the plaintiff is the owner in fee simple and entitled to the possession of the land in question, and that the defendants unlawfully withhold such possession. The prayer for relief also asks judgment for the recovery of the possession of…
1Opinion of the CourtOrton, J.
The facts necessary to the decision of this case are briefly as follows: One J. Louis Pfau, Sr., was the original owner of the lands in controversy. They were sold for taxes, and bid in by the county of Oconto, and said county held the certificates. George Beyer, one of the defendants in this suit, was the treasurer of said county. He employed one J. M. Simpson, a married woman, to buy of the county the tax certificates for him, he furnishing the purchase money, and she did so purchase the same, and said Beyer, as such treasurer of the county, duly assigned the certificates to her on behalf…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- In re PierceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Supervisors of Onondaga v. BriggsNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Grace v. MitchellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Ayer v. AshmeadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1863
- In re CrowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- State ex rel. Hammer v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
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