Oconto Co. v. Jerrard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Shawano County. Ejectment, commenced apparently in 1878.1 Defendants claimed under a tax deed recorded, according to tbeir contention, August 8, 1874; and tbe principal questions arising on the trial, and considered by this court, were, whether the deed was ever recorded; and whether, if so, the statute of limitations had run in defendant’s favor. The facts bearing upon these questions are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Shawano County. Ejectment, commenced apparently in 1878.1 Defendants claimed under a tax deed recorded, according to tbeir contention, August 8, 1874; and tbe principal questions arising on the trial, and considered by this court, were, whether the deed was ever recorded; and whether, if so, the statute of limitations had run in defendant’s favor. The facts bearing upon these questions are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment; and defendants appealed from the judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
RtaN, C. J".
Several minor questions were discussed on this appeal. But the two principal questions raised dispose of the case, and these only will be considered.
For three years after the record or attempt to record the tax deed, if there were any actual possession of the premises, it was in the appellants. And the only substantial questions are, whether and when the tax deed can be considered as recorded; and whether the statute of limitation is a bar to the objections raised against the deed.
I. The practice imputed to the office of register of deeds in this case, said upon the argument to…
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