Ekegren v. Marcotte
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Polk county: Oreen T. Williams, Judge. This action was brought to quiet title to eighty acres of land in Polk county in which, it is claimed, the defendant, Ede Marcotte, has a right of dower.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Polk county: Oreen T. Williams, Judge. This action was brought to quiet title to eighty acres of land in Polk county in which, it is claimed, the defendant, Ede Marcotte, has a right of dower. The complaint prays that the plaintiffs have judgment that their claim and title he established against any claim of .the defendant, and that she be forever barred against claiming any right or title to the lands in question adverse to the plaintiffs. The answer denies upon information and belief-the plaintiffs’ ownership of the lands described in the…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
In the conveyance in question the husband of defendant represented himself a single man. It is established that at the time of the conveyance and for many years *541prior thereto the defendant was not residing in the state of Wisconsin. Point is made by counsel for respondent that the husband at the time of the conveyance was a resident of this state, therefore the defendant must be regarded as a resident under the rule that residence of husband is residence of wife. It is very doubtful at least whether the evidence shows that the husband of defendant was a resident, but in any event the evidence…
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- Bennett v. HarmsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Pratt v. TefftMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
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