Meade v. Gilfoyle
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Oassoday : “ This is an action of ejectment, commenced August 9,1883, for a part of a lot described in the village of Kaukauna.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Oassoday : “ This is an action of ejectment, commenced August 9,1883, for a part of a lot described in the village of Kaukauna. The complaint is in the usual form and alleged that the defendant had unlawfully withheld the possession since June 1, 1883. The answer was a general denial, and an equitable counterclaim, to the effect that in 1869 the defendant, by verbal contract, purchased the land of D. J. Brothers and paid for the same, and went into the actual and exclusive possession thereof, and…
1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, J.
The plaintiff gave evidence tending to show a chain of title from the United States to him, through George "W. Lawe, of the S. £ of that part of private claim No. 1, west side of the Fox river, at Kaukauna, Outagamie county, "Wisconsin. In support of the defendant’s right to *20the possession of the land particularly described, be gave in evidence a tax deed from the county to D. J. Brothers, executed and recorded September 4, 1865, containing only this description: “Private claim No. 1, 642 55-100 acres, less land included in private claims Nos. 34 and 35; also less those tracts formerly…
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