Whitney v. Morrow
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the supreme court of THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This case was before this court at the October term of 1877. 95 U. S. 551. It is an action of ejectment for the possession of a tract of land consisting of ninety-four acres and a fraction of an acre, situated in the borough of Fort Howard, in Brown County, Wisconsin. The plaintiffs derived their title to the premises from one Pierre Grignon, to whom, on June 2, 1870, a patent was issued by the United States. The defendant, in his answer, sets up an adverse possession of the land in himself and those through whom he derived his interest, for more than forty years, under a claim of title,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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