Woodman v. Clapp
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Oroix County. Ejectment. Defendant claimed title under tax deeds: one issued to him by the clerk of the board of supervisors of said county, September 17, 1861, on the sale of 1858, which named the county only as grantor; and two others issued by the same in lieu of the former, in 1865, after this action was commenced. The first was ruled out.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for St. Oroix County. Ejectment. Defendant claimed title under tax deeds: one issued to him by the clerk of the board of supervisors of said county, September 17, 1861, on the sale of 1858, which named the county only as grantor; and two others issued by the same in lieu of the former, in 1865, after this action was commenced. The first was ruled out. Plaintiff put in evidence, from the files in the office of the clerk of supervisors, the certificates of sale, on each of which was the following indorsement, signed by the clerk, and with his official seal: “…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
The writings indorsed on the certificates of sale, and signed by Denniston who was at the time clerk of the county board of supervisors, are but receipts for money, and as such, are subject to explanation by oral testimony, especially as to the purposes for which the money was received, which are not expressed in the receipts themselves. It appears by the receipts, that the money was received on account of the taxes, interest and costs mentioned in the certificates; but whether in redemption of the lands therein described, or as a consideration for the assignment of the certificates to…
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