Denniston v. Unknown Owners
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for &v. Croix county. Action by the holder of a tax deed to quiet the title to a large number of parcels of' land described therein. These lands were a portion of a large body of lands granted by congress to this state, 'to aid in the improvement of the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for &v. Croix county. Action by the holder of a tax deed to quiet the title to a large number of parcels of' land described therein. These lands were a portion of a large body of lands granted by congress to this state, 'to aid in the improvement of the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. The only question involved is, whether the state had .parted with the title so as to tender them subject to taxation in 1863, when the taxes for ■which they were sold were assessed; and the pleadings raising that issue and the facts bearing upon it, sufficiently appear…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
The plaintiff claims to be the owner of a large number of parcels of land in the county of St. Oroix, containing in all nearly seven thousand acres, by virtue of a certain tax deed dated March 27, 1868, executed to him by the clerk of the board or supervisors of that county, and which deed was duly recorded on the 30th day of June, 1868. These lands were assessed for taxation in the year 1863, were returned delinquent to the county treasurer for the taxes of that year, and were duly sold by him in 1864. The deed thereof to the plaintiff was executed upon the surrender by him of the…
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