Gould v. Sullivan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oneida County. This was an action of ejectment commenced August 18, 1891, for the recovery of eighty acres of land, and the complaint is in the usual form.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Oneida County. This was an action of ejectment commenced August 18, 1891, for the recovery of eighty acres of land, and the complaint is in the usual form. The answer, admitting possession, claims that the defendant is the owner in fee of the premises; that during the year 1884 they were subject to taxation in the county of Lincoln, and duly taxed, but the taxes thereon were not paid and were returned by the town treasurer to the treasurer of the county as delinquent by reason of nonpayment. The answer alleged the advertisement and sale of said lands for the…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.
1. The lands in question in this case were regularly taxed for the year 1884, and were returned as delinquent, sold for nonpayment of the taxes, etc., and, no redemption having been made, a tax deed thereof was executed to the defendant and recorded May 29, 1888. The lands were then unoccupied, and so remained for the period necessary to bar an action for their recovery under secs. *6641188, 1189, S. & B. Ann. Stats. • It is plain that the plaintiff, the former owner, had in good faith attempted and offered to pay to the proper town treasurer, in due season, the taxes for which the lands were…
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