Crawford v. Witherbee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Fayette County. Action to obtain an accounting of the amount of lead ore taken since February 1, 1885, from certain lands described in tbe complaint; to have the value of one eighth, part of said ore ascertained and determined; to have it adjudged that the defendants pay said value to the plaintiffs, and that the plaintiffs have a hen on said lands therefor ; and for a foreclosure of such lien in case of a default of payment.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Fayette County. Action to obtain an accounting of the amount of lead ore taken since February 1, 1885, from certain lands described in tbe complaint; to have the value of one eighth, part of said ore ascertained and determined; to have it adjudged that the defendants pay said value to the plaintiffs, and that the plaintiffs have a hen on said lands therefor ; and for a foreclosure of such lien in case of a default of payment. The facts and the findings of the trial court are sufficiently stated in the opinion. As a conclusion of law the trial court found…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoit, J.
The facts of this case are briefly and substantially as follows:
About the 10th day of September, 1862, Jefferson Crawford (now deceased), John L. Crawford, Oabriel Hills (deceased), and Henry Magor, as parties of the first part, entered into a contract in writing and under seal with one Hiram Witherbee (now deceased), who was the owner of the lands therein described, and situated in La Payette county in this state, by which the said party of the first part agreed to excavate or run what is usually called a “level,” commencing at the bottom of the tail race of “ Crawford’s Big Wheel,” in a…
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