Reynolds v. Vilas
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR TO CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTT. This was an action of ejectment commenced in July, 1856 ; and on the first trial the verdict was given for the plaintiff, Reynolds.
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ERROR TO CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTT. This was an action of ejectment commenced in July, 1856 ; and on the first trial the verdict was given for the plaintiff, Reynolds. That judgment was reversed in the Supreme Court, and reported in 6 Wis. 214. On the trial of the cause the plaintiff read the patent for the lands including the lots in question from the United States to Mason and Doty; and the deed from Mason to James D. Doty; also the deed from Doty to Nathan Goodell; (this deed is given at length in the report of the case in 6 Wis. Rep. 214,) a power of attorney from Goodell and wife to…
1Opinion of the Court
*478 By the Court,
Cole, J.
On the trial of this cause in the circuit court, the plaintiff in error, who was the plaintiff below, requested the court, among other things, to instruct the jury as follows: “ That if they believed that the sheriffs sale to Shackelford was without consideration, and for Doty’s benefit, and the deed from Doty to Goodell was a good and valid deed, made in good faith and for a valuable consideration, and was duly recorded prior to any conveyance of the same lots by Shackelford to Covall, through whom the defendant claims title, then the sheriff’s deed was void as to…
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