Smith v. Ford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Roclo County. Action to quiet title to land. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “ This action is brought to quiet the title to certain real estate situate in the city of Janesville. “ The plaintiff claims title to the lands by virtue of a deed of conveyance from Charles D. Mead, trustee of Ann M. C. Smith, wife of A. Hyatt Smith, and mother of the plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Roclo County. Action to quiet title to land. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe: “ This action is brought to quiet the title to certain real estate situate in the city of Janesville. “ The plaintiff claims title to the lands by virtue of a deed of conveyance from Charles D. Mead, trustee of Ann M. C. Smith, wife of A. Hyatt Smith, and mother of the plaintiff. “ The defendant claims title to the same • lands by virtue of a sale made under and by virtue of a decree of the United States circuit court for the…
1Opinion
A motion by the appellant for a rehearing was denied, and the following opinion filed, February 3, 1880.
Tatloe, J.
The learned counsel for the appellant moves for a rehearing in this case, mainly upon the ground that this court erred in not reversing that part of the judgment of the circuit court which-adjudges “that the plaintiff was not the owner of the land under the mill-race; nor of the roadway along the race; nor of the dam mentioned in the complaint; nor of that portion of lot 2 in block forty (40), and of lot 25 mentioned in said judgment, on which the dam rests and abuts.”
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