Illinois Steel Co. v. Kohnke
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. On September 10, 1897, the plaintiff herein commenced an action against the defendants William Treu and wife to recover possession of certain property, the complaint alleging an estate in fee in the plaintiff and the unlawful withholding and occupancy thereof by the defendants.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. On September 10, 1897, the plaintiff herein commenced an action against the defendants William Treu and wife to recover possession of certain property, the complaint alleging an estate in fee in the plaintiff and the unlawful withholding and occupancy thereof by the defendants. On September 23, 1897, the defendants William Treu and wife answered, allege ing among other things that they were tenants of Andreas Kohnke, now deceased, and that he was a necessary and proper party defendant. On March 31,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
There was evidence tending to show that in 1893 one Henry Troy sold and conveyed tbe land in dispute *412to Andreas Kohnke. Troy was apparently a squatter wbo bad no title to tbe land wbicb be sold. Kohnke died in 1905 and bis widow succeeded to bis rights in tbe property and is now one of tbe defendants in tbe action. Tbe-premises were occupied by tbe Kohnkes or tbeir tenants from tbe time of tbe purchase until the action was tried in 1912. In 1897, when tbe action was commenced, William Treu and wife occupied tbe premises as tenants and tbe action was begun against them only. Mrs. Kohnke was…
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