Wilson v. Henry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for loioa County. This action was commenced in October, 1871. The complaint avers, in substance, that plaintiff is owner in fee, entitled to the possession, and in actual possession, of a certain described quarter section of land; and that defendants, on the 31st day of October, 1871, broke and entered upon the premises, and attempted to take possession thereof, and committed damage thereon to the amount of $100. It further avers an intention…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for loioa County. This action was commenced in October, 1871. The complaint avers, in substance, that plaintiff is owner in fee, entitled to the possession, and in actual possession, of a certain described quarter section of land; and that defendants, on the 31st day of October, 1871, broke and entered upon the premises, and attempted to take possession thereof, and committed damage thereon to the amount of $100. It further avers an intention and threats of defendants to take possession of the premises by force. And it prays for a judgment against defendants for…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
The respondent’s criticism on the acknowledgment of the tax deed under which the apjjellant claims, is ingenious, but too nice to support the objection to the deed. Winans v. Ins. Co., 38 Wis., 342; Dousman v. Mining Co., ante, p. 418.
Sec. 50, ch. 22 of 1859, requires the clerk to execute the deed in the name of the state and the county, as grantors; and it is essential to the validity of the deed, that they purport to be the grantors in it. Woodman v. Clapp, 21 Wis., 355. Sec. 25 requires the clerk to acknowledge the deed. The clerk acknowledged this deed to be the deed of the state and…
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