Hacker v. Horlemus
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action of ejectment for a narrow strip of land. The' answer contained a general denial, and alleged continued adverse possession and occupancy for more than twenty years immediately preceding the commencement of the action.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Washington County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. Justice Cassoday: This is an action of ejectment for a narrow strip of land. The' answer contained a general denial, and alleged continued adverse possession and occupancy for more than twenty years immediately preceding the commencement of the action. Upon the trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, to the effect that he was the owner in fee simple of the premises, and entitled to the possession thereof, and that the defendant unlawfully withholds the same from…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
This case was here on a former appeal. 69 Wis. 280. As it there appears, the plaintiff and his grantors had been in the possession and occupancy of all of the south half of the quarter section described, except the strip in question, for more than thirty years immediately prior to the commencement of this action, claiming to be the owners thereof under and by virtue of deeds of the same to said grantors; and during that time said grantors caused a crooked fence to be built near the north line of said land, and without knowing just where the line was. It also there appears that for more than…
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