Mendota Club v. Anderson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane •county: R. G-. SiebecKee, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced October 15, 1891, to restrain tbe defendants from going upon the premises described, with ■skiffs or boats or otherwise, for the purpose of hunting or shooting wild ducks or other wild fowls or game; and the plaintiff claims to be the exclusive owner of such premises, and that the defendants were trespassers thereon. _ The defendants, answering upon the…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane •county: R. G-. SiebecKee, Circuit Judge. This action was commenced October 15, 1891, to restrain tbe defendants from going upon the premises described, with ■skiffs or boats or otherwise, for the purpose of hunting or shooting wild ducks or other wild fowls or game; and the plaintiff claims to be the exclusive owner of such premises, and that the defendants were trespassers thereon. _ The defendants, answering upon the merits, deny the plaintiff’s title to the premises, and allege, in effect, that such premises were mostly covered with…
1Opinion of the Court
Cassoday, O. J.
The evidence is voluminous, covering nearly 200 printed pages. No attempt will be. here made to analyze such evidence or to discuss it in detail.
1. The defendants except to the fourth finding of fact, wherein it is found that “ the plaintiff has a complete chain of record title to the description contained in the deeds offered in evidence.” Such exception by the respondents is, of course, permissible in support of the judgment. Sec. 3070, Stats. 1898; Maxwell v. Hartmann, 50 Wis. 664; Hoey v. Pierron, 67 Wis. 262; Hackett v. W. U. Tel. Co. 80 Wis. 187.
To support such title, the…
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