Legal Opinion

Watts v. Owens

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1885PublishedCited by 23 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ozaukee County. Ejectment. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtObtoN, J.

The plaintiff Mary Jane, joining with her husband, Frederick Watts, brings this suit in ejectment against the defendant in possession of the premises in controversy. The main facts in evidence, and upon which depend the principles upon which, in our opinion, the plaintiff is entitled to recover in this action, and which justify the findings and judgment of the circuit court in her favor, are as follows:

In 1845 and 1846 one John Owens acquired title to the premises in dispute from the government, and was then living upon them, in the county of Ozaukee. Soon thereafter Elizabeth Lloj^d and her…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Dyer v. BrannockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
  2. Clapp v. BromaghamCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1827
  3. Egbert v. GreenwaltMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Livingston v. Peru Iron Co.Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1832
  5. Edgerton v. BirdWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Adams v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  2. In Re Wray's EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Lampman v. Van AlstyneWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Copeland v. CopelandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  5. Moore v. SmeadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895

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