Orton v. Noonan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Ejectment (brought in June, 1867), for “twenty-eight feet front and rear in the south-easterly part of lot 2, block 1,” and “the north-westerly twenty-eight feet front and rear of lot 4,” in the same block.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Ejectment (brought in June, 1867), for “twenty-eight feet front and rear in the south-easterly part of lot 2, block 1,” and “the north-westerly twenty-eight feet front and rear of lot 4,” in the same block. The two fractional lots are described in the complaint by metes and bounds, and as situate in sec. 9, T. 7, R. 22 east, etc., and it is averred that the “ norfh-westerly twenty-five feet front and rear,” and the “south-easterly twenty-eight feet front and rear,” of a paper-mill stand upon said two fractional lots-, respectively. As to…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
It was error to reject the tax deed issued upon the sale of 1854 for'the taxes of 1853. That deed was excluded for the reason, as alleged, that it was void on its face. The court so ruled because it appeared on the face of the deed that the lots conveyed, three in 'number, were sold in gross for a gross sum. This was a mistake. It appears on the face of the deed that the lots were separately sold. The deed expressly so recites, though it does not show the sum for which each lot was sold, but only the gross sum for which all were sold. The language in this respect is perhaps a little…
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