Reuter v. Lawe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outagamie county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. Action for breach of the covenant of title in a deed of certain real estate. On the 31st day of October,' 1851, George W. Lawe was the owner in fee of certain lands situated in the city of Kaukauna, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, including the premises in question.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outagamie county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. Action for breach of the covenant of title in a deed of certain real estate. On the 31st day of October,' 1851, George W. Lawe was the owner in fee of certain lands situated in the city of Kaukauna, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, including the premises in question. On that day he caused to bo made a plat of said lands, subdividing the same into lots and blocks, and on the 31st day of October thereafter caused such plat to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county for the…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Assuming, as appellant contends, that the recording of the plat of 1851, and the subsequent ratification *304of it by Lawe and the public, under sec. 5, ch. 41, E. S. 1849, operated to make a valid town plat, and to vest the title to the premises in dispute in the public, notwithstanding noncompliance with statutory requirements, and without regard to anjr act of acceptance on the part of the public, yet we hold that the doctrine of equitable estoppel in jpais applies to the case, and effectually bars the public from setting up any claim thereto. That rules this case, and the other questions…
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