Knox v. Cleveland
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. This was an action commenced in September, 1859,, for the recovery of a lot in the city of Milwaukee. The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show a regular chain of title to the lot in controversy from the U. S. to himself; to the admission of certain portions of which evidence the defendant objected, and the objection being overruled, excepted.
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APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Milwaulcee County. This was an action commenced in September, 1859,, for the recovery of a lot in the city of Milwaukee. The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show a regular chain of title to the lot in controversy from the U. S. to himself; to the admission of certain portions of which evidence the defendant objected, and the objection being overruled, excepted. The defendant admitted his possession of the lot at the commencement of the suit, and introduced in evidence a paper purporting to be a tax deed by the city of Milwaukee and the state of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixof, O. J.
The first exception contained in the record is improperly there, and the questions raised by it are not before us for review. It was taken by the respondent and not by the appellant, and the former not having tendered his bill of exceptions, and also appealed, it cannot be urged. The point having been ruled in the appellant’s favor, he is of course content, and the respondent by not settling his bill and appealing, as he might have done, must be deemed to have acquiesced in the ruling as correct. Such has always been the practice. Errors can be assigned only by the…
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