Jones v. Collins
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action, to quiet the title to certain real estate mentioned in the complaint, and to compel the defendants, Doty, Pulling & Collins, to release the claims they set up to the same.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action, to quiet the title to certain real estate mentioned in the complaint, and to compel the defendants, Doty, Pulling & Collins, to release the claims they set up to the same. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs, Abagail W. and Willard Jones, were minors, and that the plaintiff, Loyal H. Jones, was their duly appointed guardian, and that the plaintiff, Gilbert C. Jones, was under the age of twenty-two years; that the said Abagail W, Willard, and George C. Jones, were the children and heirs at law of Harvey Jones, deceased; that one…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Cole, J.
This suit was brought under section 29, chap. 141, R S., 1858, which provides that any person having the possession of and legal title to land, may institute an action against any other person setting up a claim thereto, and if the plaintiff shall be able to substantiate his title to such land, the defendant shall be adjudged to release to the plaintiff all claim thereto.
The first question which we have to consider is one of jurisdiction. The appellants here, who were the defendants below, contend that the action can be maintained under this statute, *601only where it is…
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