Spear v. Door County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This action wTas brought by the respondent to set aside certain tas certificates, issued upon a tax sale made in 1883 for the nonpayment of the taxes assessed on certain lands situate in Door county.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Taylor as a part of the opinion: This action wTas brought by the respondent to set aside certain tas certificates, issued upon a tax sale made in 1883 for the nonpayment of the taxes assessed on certain lands situate in Door county. The taxes for which the lands were sold were first levied in the year 1875. An action was commenced by the respondent in 1876 against the town treasurer of the town in which said lands are situate, to set aside these taxes and restrain the return and sale…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The learned counsel for the appellant claim that the court should not have made the order in the case, (1) for the reason that the plaintiff did not show himself entitled to maintain the action, not being the owner of the *304lands when the action was commenced; (2) because the court should have dismissed the complaint for laches in not bringing his action at an earlier day; and (3) on the ground that the finding of fact upon which the order is based is not sustained by the evidence.
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