Off v. Heinrichs
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObeeN T. WilliaMS, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action of ejectment against H. W. Heinrichs to recover possession of land described in tbe complaint as follows : A strip of land off of tbe south side of tbe following described real estate: Said strip is about eighteen (18) feet wide at tbe easterly end, sixteen (16) feet wide at tbe middle point, and about ten feet (10) wide at tbe westerly point, to wit: Tbe…
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: ObeeN T. WilliaMS, Circuit Judge. Tbis is an action of ejectment against H. W. Heinrichs to recover possession of land described in tbe complaint as follows : A strip of land off of tbe south side of tbe following described real estate: Said strip is about eighteen (18) feet wide at tbe easterly end, sixteen (16) feet wide at tbe middle point, and about ten feet (10) wide at tbe westerly point, to wit: Tbe south seven and one-balf acres of land off of tbe ■sixteen acres of land, more or less, in lot two (2), in section…
1Opinion of the CourtKekwiN, J.
1. It is claimed by respondent that tbe complaint is not sufficient for want of proper description of the land in suit, and that from tbe description, together with the evidence adduced on the trial, it is impossible to determine tbe south boundary of tbe strip described. Tbe south boundary is designated as tbe north boundary of August Becker’s land. Tbe exact location of such boundary was in issue, and was claimed by appellants to be tbe line of the rail fence. Tbe line of tbe rail fence was established on the trial, and found by tbe court to be a line ten feet south at tbe west end and…
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