Merton v. Dolphin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. The plaintiff, holding certain tax deeds based upon delinquent taxes of 1864, of lands described therein as lots 18 and 19 in block 81 in the second ward of the city of Oshkosh, and being in possession of the lots, brought this action to foreclose the interest of the defendants therein. The defendant Dolphin answered, setting up paramount title, and denying that the lots were subject to taxation in said year.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. The plaintiff, holding certain tax deeds based upon delinquent taxes of 1864, of lands described therein as lots 18 and 19 in block 81 in the second ward of the city of Oshkosh, and being in possession of the lots, brought this action to foreclose the interest of the defendants therein. The defendant Dolphin answered, setting up paramount title, and denying that the lots were subject to taxation in said year. The court held that the lands in question were not liable to taxation for the year 1864, and rendered a judgment dismissing the…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
The defendant Dolphin is the owner of two lots designated as 9 and 10 in Mrs. Andrea’s addition in the second ward of the city of Oshkosh. That addition was, as we understand it, regularly platted, and the plat acknowledged and recorded by the owner, Mrs. Andrea, in January, 1850. The defendant became the owner of the two lots by conveyance from Mrs. Andrea soon after the making and recording of the plat, and ever since that time has paid the taxes on the lots according to their numbers and description, as indicated by the plat. In 1853, 0. A. Weisbrod made a plat of the second ward of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Janesville v. MarkoeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
- Finney v. BoydWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
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