Legal Opinion

Nys v. Biemeret

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1878PublishedCited by 10 opinions

APPEAL from tbe Second Comity Court of Brown County. Ejectment, for a strip of land 22 feet in width, alleged to be a part of lot 9, block 9 in Eastman’s addition to tbe city of Green .Bay.

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APPEAL from tbe Second Comity Court of Brown County. Ejectment, for a strip of land 22 feet in width, alleged to be a part of lot 9, block 9 in Eastman’s addition to tbe city of Green .Bay. Tbe complaint alleges that plaintiff, on tbe 5th of November, 1875, was lawfully possessed, as owner in fee, of said lot 9, according to tbe recorded plat thereof; and that defendant, on etc., ousted him of a portion of said lot, to wit, tbe strip above mentioned, and now claims title to tbe same and unlawfully withholds it from tbe plaintiff, who is entitled to the possession thereof. The original answer…

1Opinion of the CourtObtoN, J.

The survey and plat of Eastman’s addition to the city of Green Bay were made in 1857, by John Y. Suydam, county surveyor. Acceording to the face of that plat, it seems that the north tier of lots in block thirty-one are marked in figures, showing their dimensions as fifty-three feet in width by one hundred and fifty-nine in length, except lot thirteen, the width of which is not given; and that the lots in blocks ten and nine, immediately south of block thirty-one, correspond in scale with those in that block, with no figures thereon to indicate the width. The strip of land in dispute is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Daniel Boardman and Others, in Error v. The Lessees of Reed and Ford, M'call and Others, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. Ballston Spa Bank v. Marine BankWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Marsh v. MitchellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1868

3Cited by10 opinions

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  4. Brew v. NugentWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Off v. HeinrichsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905

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