Northern Pine Land Co. v. Bigelow
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The complaint alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of a strip of land of about 1,200 feet frontage on Chequamegon bay, on Lake Superior, and being between said bay and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company, and bounded on the northeast by the section line between sections 5 and 6, and on the southwest by a line parallel to it, all being in Washburn, Bay-field county, Wis.; that the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bayfield County. The complaint alleges, in effect, that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of a strip of land of about 1,200 feet frontage on Chequamegon bay, on Lake Superior, and being between said bay and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company, and bounded on the northeast by the section line between sections 5 and 6, and on the southwest by a line parallel to it, all being in Washburn, Bay-field county, Wis.; that the defendants are the owners in fee of a similar strip of land, joining it on the northeast, and having a frontage on said…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
It appears from the map, Exhibit X, constituting a part of the findings herein, as mentioned in the foregoing statement, that the point of intersection of the line between sections 5 and 6 and the meander line of the government survey of the shore of the bay is thereon designated as B; that 3,745 feet northeasterly from the said point, B, along said meander line, is a headland projecting slightly into the bay, and designated thereon as C; that 9,768 feet southwesterly from the said point B, along said meander line, is another headland, projecting slightly into the bay, and designated thereon…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Cragin v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Johnston v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Jones v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Blackwell v. FostersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1858
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