Legal Opinion

McCoy v. Quick

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1872PublishedCited by 20 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dodge County. This action was brought to recover real estate in tbe incorporated village of Juneau, in Dodge county, wbicb is alleged to be unlawfully withheld by the defendants from the possession of the plaintiff.

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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Dodge County. This action was brought to recover real estate in tbe incorporated village of Juneau, in Dodge county, wbicb is alleged to be unlawfully withheld by the defendants from the possession of the plaintiff. The pleadings and evidence show that the premises in controversy, which contains between two acres and three acres of land, was owned by Henry Bonner and Henry Dcering, in March, 1868, who commenced to erect a mill thereon during the following spring, probably in May; that on the 6th day of July in that year, Bonner sold and conveyed his interest…

1Opinion of the Court

Lyoít, J.

I. Tbe error in 'tbe lien judgment, which the court permitted tbe plaintiff to correct by amendment, was of such a character tbat it scarcely required to be corrected. Tbe complaints in this, and in tbe lien action, correctly described tbe premises in controversy. This is substantially admitted by tbe answer. Tbe premises are therein described as being all tbat part of lot 18, lying north of a straight line drawn from tbe southwest corner of a certain railroad depot, wbicb is fairly to be inferred is on tbe east side of tbe lot,) to a point on tbe west line of tbe lot, 361 feet south…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Moore v. CordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
  2. Stark v. BrownWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Sturdavant v. First Ave. Coal & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Lauer v. BandowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Grafton v. HinkleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Halsey v. Waukesha Springs Sanitarium Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Huse v. WashburnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884

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