Rogan v. Walker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
IN CHANCERY, ON APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP IOWA COUNTY. This is a hill to redeem certain lands situate in the counties of -Jefferson and Dodge, and for other relief, and was filed in the Circuit' Court of Iowa county, the 11th day of April, 1849. At the April term of said Circuit Court, the cause came on to he heard upon the hill, answer and proofs, and a final decree for redemption was made therein at the said term.
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IN CHANCERY, ON APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP IOWA COUNTY. This is a hill to redeem certain lands situate in the counties of -Jefferson and Dodge, and for other relief, and was filed in the Circuit' Court of Iowa county, the 11th day of April, 1849. At the April term of said Circuit Court, the cause came on to he heard upon the hill, answer and proofs, and a final decree for redemption was made therein at the said term. The hill alleges, that James Rogan, in 1886 or 1837, went into possession of two several tracts of wild, unimproved lands, lying about half a mile apart from each other,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Smith, J.
[The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Crawford having been concerned in some way as counsel, in some former stage of litigation upon the subject matter of the suit, a stipulation was entered into between the counsel for the respective parties, to have the case heard before Mr. Justice Smith, and hy him decided, which was accordingly done.]
*553I stall first examine this case, in tlie light of the written contracts between the parties, and of the matters established by the bill and answer., without reference tó the proof taken ; and first:
What are the rights of the parties,…
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