Johnston v. City of Oshkosh
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to establish the plaintiff’s title to a lot in tbe city of Oshkosh, under a tax deed executed by the city treasurer in 1864, upon a sale in 1859, for the taxes assessed in 1858. The defendant Stringham was the owner of the lot when the tax was assessed, but in 1860 conveyed it to the Oity of Oshkosh, by warranty deed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action to establish the plaintiff’s title to a lot in tbe city of Oshkosh, under a tax deed executed by the city treasurer in 1864, upon a sale in 1859, for the taxes assessed in 1858. The defendant Stringham was the owner of the lot when the tax was assessed, but in 1860 conveyed it to the Oity of Oshkosh, by warranty deed. The defendants answered, 1. That the lands were not liable to taxation, at the time when, &c.; but no cause of exemption is specified. 2. That all taxes of 1858 on said lot were paid before said sale. 3. That the sale…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
The charter of the city of Oshkosh, under which the taxes were assessed and the lands sold, provides (secs. 4 and 6, ch. 7, Pr. Laws of 1856, pp. 244-5), that notice shall be given by the street commissioners of any public improvement determined upon by them, to the owners or occupants of the lots or parcels of land fronting on any street, alley or sidewalk ordered to be graded, graveled, planked or paved, requiring such owners or occupants to do the work mentioned in such notice, within a reasonable time therein to be specified; and if such work shall not be done within such time, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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