Yorty v. Paine
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion it appears that one of the tax deeds under which the defendant claimed was executed and bore date February 5, 1881, but the certificate of acknowledgment read as follows: “ On this 5th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, came before me Herman Rush, county clerk,” etc.
1Opinion of the CourtTayloR, J.
This is an action of ejectment, to recover the possession of certain lands described in the complaint. The appellants and defendants claimed title to the lands by virtue of certain tax deeds issued by the county of Lincoln for the nonpayment of taxes assessed thereon in the year 1876. On the trial, the learned circuit judge directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, to which direction the appellants duly excepted, and allege such direction as error.
The evidence showed title in the plaintiff, derived from the government; and he was entitled to a verdict, unless the tax deeds issued to the…
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