St. Croix Land & Lumber Co. v. Ritchie
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Taylor County. Replevin for a quantity of pine logs cut in 1888 by the defendant upon lands alleged to belong to the plaintiff company. The answer denied the plaintiff’s ownership, and alleged that the lands belonged to R. E. Rust, Laura Rust, and John E. Rust and wife, and that in 1881 the said owners had conveyed to the defendant all the pine timber thereon, with license to enter upon the lands and cut and remove such timber.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Taylor County. Replevin for a quantity of pine logs cut in 1888 by the defendant upon lands alleged to belong to the plaintiff company. The answer denied the plaintiff’s ownership, and alleged that the lands belonged to R. E. Rust, Laura Rust, and John E. Rust and wife, and that in 1881 the said owners had conveyed to the defendant all the pine timber thereon, with license to enter upon the lands and cut and remove such timber. Other allegations of the answer, and the evidence given on the first trial of the action, will sufficiently appear from the report of…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The question in this case is, ITad the plaintiff title to the land from which the timber in controversy was cut, at the time of such cutting? It derives its title through a tax deed which was executed to Taylor county, and recorded on the 20th day of August, 1880. When the case was here on a former appeal, it was decided that this tax deed was in due form and was properly recorded. 73 Wis. 409. It is alleged in the answer that the premises are wild and unoccupied, and have been vacant since they were entered from the government, save and except the occupa*494tion by the original owners, and that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Smith v. SherryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Pepper v. O'DowdWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Lewis v. DisherWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- St. Croix Land & Lumber Co. v. RitchieWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Finn v. Wisconsin River Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
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- Grootemaat v. West Park Realty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1926
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