Wright v. Sperry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Ejectment. After the decision of this court upon a former appeal (21 Wis. 331), and after the cause had been remitted for a new trial, the venue was changed to Dane county. The facts proven will sufficiently appear from the former report.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Ejectment. After the decision of this court upon a former appeal (21 Wis. 331), and after the cause had been remitted for a new trial, the venue was changed to Dane county. The facts proven will sufficiently appear from the former report. The following instructions, successively asked by the defendants, were refused: 1. “If the land was actually in the possession of the. defendants, or either of them, at the date of the deed from George W. Wright to the plaintiff, and if defendants, or either of them, claimed such possession under title adverse…
1Opinion of the Court
Dixoít, C. J.
The title of the plaintiff, and his right of possession of the land in question under the tax deed to George W. Wright, is res adjudícala by the former decision of this court; and that renders all other questions immaterial. Wright v. Sperry, 21 Wis. 331. After discussing the question of tenancy in common between the plaintiff and defendants, and showing that no such tenancy existed, and that the. plaintiff might lawfully claim title to the whole premises by virtue of that deed, the opinion proceeds as follows: “ There is no other objection to the tax deed or title which we deem…
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