Ogden v. Dodge County

Simmons, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Ogden brought her action of ejectment against the county of Dodge for certain land in the town of Eastman, used by the county for court-house purposes, to which she claimed title under a deed from her father, Wm. P. Eastman. She alleged that the defendant entered into possession of the land by enclosing the same with a wire fence, by the express consent and permission of her father, and that its possession was permissive until 1894, when it set up an adverse claim, since which time the possession had been against her consent. The defendant denied that its…