Winslow v. Crowell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. By an act of congress approved March 3, 1863, the United States granted to the state of Wisconsin certain lands to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Howard, Green Bay, to the Michigan state line. 12 Statutes at Large, 797. The act provides that the lands thus granted to the state shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof for the purposes specified therein, and no other; and also that…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. By an act of congress approved March 3, 1863, the United States granted to the state of Wisconsin certain lands to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Howard, Green Bay, to the Michigan state line. 12 Statutes at Large, 797. The act provides that the lands thus granted to the state shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof for the purposes specified therein, and no other; and also that such military road “ shall be constructed with sufficient draws and ditches, and not less than forty feet in width, with a…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
I. The first question which demands consideration is, What interest had Mr. Hadley in the ninety sections of land which had been earned under the contract at the time of his decease?
This question will be considered without any reference to the interest of the plaintiffs therein, and upon the hypothesis that Mr. Hadley was then the owner of the entire interest therein under the contract.
The answer of the appellant admits that at the time of his decease these lands had been fully earned, and that Mr. Had-ley was -then entitled to a conveyance thereof from the state.. It seems to us very clear…
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