State v. Jewell

On February 2, 1931, the state highway commission, pursuant to sec; 83.08, Stats. 1929, entered an order relocating a portion of State Trunk Highway 87 in Burnett county, including among other parcels the one here in question. The county highway committee, as was its duty, entered into negotiations with one Esther Lindgren for acquisition of the lands required for the relocation. Esther Lindgren conveyed a portion of the land necessary for the relocation to Burnett county by conveyance dated April 29,1931. This conveyance was not recorded in the office of the register of deeds and apparently…