Lewis v. Disher
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. Ejectment. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. contended that the evidence showed such acts of possession on the part of the defendant or his grantors, during the three years immediately succeeding the record of the tax deed, as would prevent the running of the statute of limitations in favor of the tax title claimant, citing Jones v. Collins, 16 Wis., 594.…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dodge County. Ejectment. The case is stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. contended that the evidence showed such acts of possession on the part of the defendant or his grantors, during the three years immediately succeeding the record of the tax deed, as would prevent the running of the statute of limitations in favor of the tax title claimant, citing Jones v. Collins, 16 Wis., 594. contended that the presumption was that plaintiff had "been in the actual or constructive possession of the lands during the…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover possession of a tract of land in Dodge county, to which the plaintiff claims title in fee simple by virtue of the land having remained vacant and unoccupied for the period of three years next after the recording of certain tax deeds to himself and to others, grantors of his, under whom he also claims. The tax deeds were executed and recorded respectively in the years 1856, 1857 and 1858. The defendant connects himself with the original title from the government of the United States. The controversy in the court below turned upon the point of…
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