Burbach v. Schweinler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The case is stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County. Action for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. contended, inter alia, that under the territorial act approved January 12,1838, pursuant to which the village was platted, and under the act of congress, approved May 26, 1821, and secs. 5, 7, p. 160, R. S. 1839, the plaintiff never owned the alley in question, but that the fee to that strip of laud vested in the county commissioners in 1838 and. has ever since remained in the public. See, also,…
1Opinion of the CourtObtoh, J.
The mortgage sought to be foreclosed was of 116 feet of lots 1 and 2, in block 14, of the village of Jefferson, commencing on the east side of said lots, and running westwardly towards the west line of the same. The answer alleges that the mortgage was given to secure the payment of the purchase money of the above premises, together with 24 feet commencing at the west line of the above description on lots 1 and 2, and running west 24 feet, including two feet off from the east end of lot 7 in said block. The fact material in this description of the last-mentioned premises is that it includes…
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