Wals v. Grosvenor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Ozwulcee County. Tbe amended complaint in tbis action alleges that tbe plaintiff is the owner in fee simple, bas tbe legal title to, and is in possession of certain described premises, and that defendant makes and sets up a claim thereto; and demands judgment that when plaintiff shall have substantiated bis title to said land, defendant shall be adjudged to release all claims thereto, etc.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Ozwulcee County. Tbe amended complaint in tbis action alleges that tbe plaintiff is the owner in fee simple, bas tbe legal title to, and is in possession of certain described premises, and that defendant makes and sets up a claim thereto; and demands judgment that when plaintiff shall have substantiated bis title to said land, defendant shall be adjudged to release all claims thereto, etc. Tbe defendant demurred to tbe complaint as not stating a cause of action; and tbe plaintiff appealed from an order sustaining tbe demurrer. contended that sec. 29, ch. 141,…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed at the June term, 1872.
Cole, J.
It seems to us that the pleading in the record hav*684ing on tbe back thereof tbe words “amended complaint,” and to wbicb tbe defendant demurred, is insufficient. It merely states that tbe plaintiff is tbe owner in fee, and has legal title to, and is in possession of, the lands therein described, and that the defendant makes and sets up a claim thereto ; and demands judgment that the defendant be adjudged to release all claim and pay the costs of the action. "What is the nature and character of the defendant’s claim does not appear.…
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