Seefeld v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Mil/wcmkee County. This is an action brought by the appellant to condemn lot 12, block 75, in the Fourth ward of the city of Milwaukee, for railroad purposes. A large number of other condemnations were included in the same proceeding.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Mil/wcmkee County. This is an action brought by the appellant to condemn lot 12, block 75, in the Fourth ward of the city of Milwaukee, for railroad purposes. A large number of other condemnations were included in the same proceeding. Commissioners were duly appointed, and filed their report on the 15th day of August, 1885, awarding to the respondent the sum of $10,500, which amount was paid into court on the 12th day of October, 1885, for the use and benefit of the respondent, and on the 25th day of August he appealed to the circuit court. The cause was…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
1. For the purpose of proving the value of the lot in question, the plaintiff offered and the circuit courts against the objection of the defendant company, admitted in evidence the record of five deeds of as many lots in the same neighborhood, executed in 1885 by different grantors to John W. Cary; and of another deed of another lot, executed in 1884 by one Markham to one Thorson. Each qf these deeds expressed a consideration, and they were received in evidence on the theory that the consideration thus expressed proved the price paid for each lot, and tended to show the value thereof, and,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Washburn v. Milwaukee & Lake Winnebago RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
- Watson v. Milwaukee & Madison Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Snyder v. Western Union RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
- Hutchinson v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Munkwitz v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
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- Central R.R. Co. of N.J. v. State Tax Dept.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1933
- Schneider v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Sherman v. Menominee River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Sasse v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
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