Knight v. Leary
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL fi’om the Circuit Court for La, Fayette County. Ejectment, to recover the S. E. -J- of the N. E. f of section 27, township 2, range 3 east, in the county of La Fayette. Complaint in the usual fortn.
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APPEAL fi’om the Circuit Court for La, Fayette County. Ejectment, to recover the S. E. -J- of the N. E. f of section 27, township 2, range 3 east, in the county of La Fayette. Complaint in the usual fortn. The answer of the defendant contains, Jirst, a general denial; second, an averment that the defendant holds the legal title to the land claimed in trust for the widow and three minor children (naming them) of Timothy Leary, deceased, who are in possession of the land; and third, an averment that there is a defect of parties defendant, in that the said widow and her children are not made…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The following facts relating to the title of the land in controversy are established by the proofs: December 1, 1852, one Jefferson Cutter, located military land warrant certificate No. 19,610 on 160 acres of land ip section 27, township 2, range 3 east, in the county of La Fayette. This location was originally entered in the tract book kept in the proper local United States land office as being upon the E. {■ of S. E. £, the S. W. Í of S. E. J, and the S. E. J of S. W. ¿ of that section. The certificate of such location issued to Outte.r by the register of such land office, and the monthly…
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