Nicolai v. Davis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: A. Scott SloaN, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff is the owner and in possession of 200 acres, of land in the town' of Yernon, Waukesha county, and resides thereon.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: A. Scott SloaN, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff is the owner and in possession of 200 acres, of land in the town' of Yernon, Waukesha county, and resides thereon. Said land is bounded on the north by a. quarter section line of section 14. Lying on the north side of said land is a public highway, which was, by order of the-, proper officers of said town, bearing date December 7, 1847,-. duly laid out three rods wide upon said line. One and one-half rods of said highway was south of said quarter section-line and on the plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
There was no error in admitting in evidence the certified copy of the order laying out the road in 1847. There was no objection to the form in which such copy was certified; but the objection was to any certified copy, on the ground that counsel wanted the original. Besides, the town clerk was subsequently sworn, and without objection testified to the effect that he was then such clerk, and as such had custody of the records of the town, and, referring to such copy, said: “ This is a certified copy of the original order. I took the copy of this order from the original. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Childs v. NelsohWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Meyer v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
- Welsh v. Town of ArgyleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
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- State v. LloydWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
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