Lander v. Bromley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the. Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action of ejectment by a tax-title claimant against the grantee of the original owner. The jury was. waived, and the cause was tried by the court. The facts-.are undisputed, and to the effect that the land is in the city, of Ft.
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APPEAL from the. Circuit Court for Brown County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action of ejectment by a tax-title claimant against the grantee of the original owner. The jury was. waived, and the cause was tried by the court. The facts-.are undisputed, and to the effect that the land is in the city, of Ft. Howard, ánd has been since 1873; that it was assessed’ and taxed in said city in 1874; that the original owner enjoined the sale on said tax until 1881, when the injunction, wr.s dissolved, and that suit dismissed; that the land was…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The city of Ft. Howard was incorporated by ch. 164, Laws of 1873. As indicated in the foregoing statement, the land in question was situated within that city, and was assessed and sold for taxes' therein, and the tax certificate and deed were issued thereon by that city,-as required by the charter. The record of the deed, as made August 21, 1884, falsely stated that the sale took place in the city of Green Bay instead of Ft. Howard, as stated in the deed.
*376Had the sale in. fact been made in Green Bay, as thus stated in the record, it would manifestly have been void, for the reason that the city…
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