Barrett v. Stradl
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Manitowoc County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: The appellant brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court to recover the undivided three-fifths of the W. J of the S. E. ■£■ of section 5, town 20, range 22, in Manitowoc county.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Manitowoc County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: The appellant brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court to recover the undivided three-fifths of the W. J of the S. E. ■£■ of section 5, town 20, range 22, in Manitowoc county. The respondent answered the statute of limitations of ten years by adverse possession by himself and his grantors as a defense. lie also set up a claim for improvements made on said lands by him during his adverse possession thereof; also a claim for the taxes…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
The material facts as to the title of the lands in question are as follows: Patrick Barrett, the father of plaintiff, became possessed of, and the owner in fee of, the the lands described in the complaint in 1S56. In 1874 he conveyed by warranty deed to his son-in-law John Nash, and three days after the conveyance to Nash he (Nash) convev'ed the same land to Catherine Barrett, the wife of said Patrick Barrett, and plaintiff’s mother. The mother died intestate in June, 1875, while living on the premises,, and without having conveyed the same. Patrick Barrett, the father and husband, also lived…
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