Siegel v. Supervisors of Outagamie County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action against the county board of supervisors, the clerk of the board, and one Shaylor, to restrain the clerk from issuing a deed upon certain tax certificates, and have them declared void.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action against the county board of supervisors, the clerk of the board, and one Shaylor, to restrain the clerk from issuing a deed upon certain tax certificates, and have them declared void. The complaint states that at the time of the assessment, in 1865 and 1866, the records in the register’s office showed that the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirteen, etc., was owned by other persons than the plaintiff or John F. Siegel, from whom the plaintiff purchased the southwsi quarter of the northwest quarter of said…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The first objection taken by the demurrer to the complaint is, that there is a defect or misjoinder of parties defendant. It is said that the clerk was not a proper party to enjoin from giving a tax deed on a void tax certificate. But he is the officer authorized by law to execute the deed, and it would seem to be most necessary to restrain'him from the performance of that act. Shaylor likewise, the owner of the tax certificate, is vitally interested in the subject-matter of the suit. Por it is his tax certificate that the plaintiff asks may be declared void, and be delivered up to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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