Mariner v. Oconto Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ApReajl from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Chestee A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. Tbe cause involved tbe validity - of certain tax deeds. Sucb validity turned on whether the lands were subject to taxation for tbe years tbe taxes on which tbe deeds were based were levied.
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ApReajl from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Eond du Lac county: Chestee A. Eowlee, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title. Tbe cause involved tbe validity - of certain tax deeds. Sucb validity turned on whether the lands were subject to taxation for tbe years tbe taxes on which tbe deeds were based were levied. Tbe lands and others having been granted to the state by the general government in trust for a particular purpose and duly selected and segregated from tbe public domain, a contract to execute sucb purpose was made by it with tbe Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor…
1Opinion of the CourtMajbshau., J.
It is conceded that the federal act was a grant of lands in prcesenti, the language thereof being: “There be and hereby is granted to the state,” etc., leaving nothing to be done to pass the title, in trust, except to segregate the lands from the general public domain by due selection and certification, which was done. Thus far the law is *536firmly settled by many federal and state decisions. Wis. Cent. R. Co. v. Price Co. 133 U. S. 496, 10 Sup. Ct. 341; St. Paul & P. R. Co. v. N. P. R. Co. 139 U. S. 1, 11 Sup. Ct. 389; U. S. v. S. P. R. Co. 146 U. S. 570, 13 Sup. Ct. 152; Wis. Cent. R. Co. v.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Price CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Taylor CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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