Karr v. Washburn
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. Ejectment to recover certain lots in the village of Sturgeon Bay, in Door county. Omitting everything not material to the question considered by this court, the case is briefly as follows: In 1863 one Bartlett, who held the legal title to the lots in controversy, conveyed the same by deed of quitclaim, absolute on its face, to one Harris.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. Ejectment to recover certain lots in the village of Sturgeon Bay, in Door county. Omitting everything not material to the question considered by this court, the case is briefly as follows: In 1863 one Bartlett, who held the legal title to the lots in controversy, conveyed the same by deed of quitclaim, absolute on its face, to one Harris. In 1873 the lots were sold for taxes to Door county, the certificates of sale were afterwards duly assigned to one of the defendants, and in 1876 a valid tax deed wras executed to such assignee by the proper…
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, ,J.
The alleged redemption, which the plaintiffs offered tó prove, was attempted to be made under ch. 89, Laws of 1868, which is incorporated in R. S., 374, sec. 1166 *307The statute is as follows: “ The lands of minors, or any interest they may have in lands sold for tases, may be redeemed at any time before such minors come of age, and during one year thereafter.” The question to be determined is, Did the plaintiffs have any interest in the lots in controversy when they redeemed the same? Their interest (if they had any) results from the facts which they proposed to prove, that Bartlett,…
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