Olson v. McDonald
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield county: G. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. In May, 1906, C. H. Flynn and Phillip Guthmiller executed a hail bond as sureties in a criminal action then pending against one Lizzie Lebare. Flynn was then the owner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 8, township 49 north, of range 4 west, in Bayfield county.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield county: G. N. Risjoed, Circuit Judge. In May, 1906, C. H. Flynn and Phillip Guthmiller executed a hail bond as sureties in a criminal action then pending against one Lizzie Lebare. Flynn was then the owner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 8, township 49 north, of range 4 west, in Bayfield county. Lizzie Lebare failed to appear when her case was called for trial and an action was prosecuted against her and her sureties on the hail bond and judgment was rendered therein and docketed May 26, 1908, the amount of…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNes, J.
Tbe appellant contends that plaintiff could not take a valid tax deed, inasmuch as it was his duty to redeem the taxes on account of which the tax deed was issued, (1) because of his possession, and (2) because of his ownership of the land.
1. There is no evidence that plaintiff was in possession of the premises after the notice of June 1, 1909, was served upon him, although the inference is strong that he was. The evidence does not show whether his possession at that time was. that of employee, contractor, lessee, licensee, or trespasser. On this state of the evidence it did not appear that…
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