Grimmer v. Sumner
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. This action was commenced March 14, 1865. The plaintiff, by his complaint, claims title to certain land in the city of Oshkosh, under a tax deed executed by the treasurer of said city March. 13, 1865, based upon a sale in 1859, for delinquent city taxes of 1858. The judgment demanded is, that the defendant, and all persons claiming under him subsequent to the commencement of this action, may be barred and foreclosed, &c.;…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. This action was commenced March 14, 1865. The plaintiff, by his complaint, claims title to certain land in the city of Oshkosh, under a tax deed executed by the treasurer of said city March. 13, 1865, based upon a sale in 1859, for delinquent city taxes of 1858. The judgment demanded is, that the defendant, and all persons claiming under him subsequent to the commencement of this action, may be barred and foreclosed, &c.; and that plaintiff’s title may be adjudged to be a good and perfect title in fee simple. from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
This action is obviously brought under the provisions of ch. 22, Laws of 1859, to bar and foreclose the interest of the original owner in land sold for taxes. It appears from the copy of the tax deed set forth in or annexed to the complaint, that the sale was made by the treasurer of the city of Osh*180kosh in March, 1859, and that the deed was executed by the same officer in March, 1865. And at the outset the objection is taken, that the special remedy given by the law of 1859 does not apply to a tax deed executed by the officers of a municipal corporation. This objection appears to us to be…
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