Illinois Steel Co. v. Muza
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a part of a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TueNee, Circuit Judge. This is an action in ejectment. Tbe plaintiff is tbe bolder of tbe record or paper title to tbe property in dispute. Tbe defendants pleaded adverse possession under tbe ten- and twenty-year statutes.
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Appeal from a part of a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. TueNee, Circuit Judge. This is an action in ejectment. Tbe plaintiff is tbe bolder of tbe record or paper title to tbe property in dispute. Tbe defendants pleaded adverse possession under tbe ten- and twenty-year statutes. At tbe opening of tbe defense, W. J. Buckley, tbe official stenographer and court reporter of Judge Ludwig’s branch of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county, was called as a witness and was asked to read tbe original notes taken by him of tbe testimony of Jacob Muza and others, now deceased,…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecxee, J.
It is urged that tbe record does not disclose where tbe property bere in dispute is located on Jones Island nor its location with reference to tbe location of tbe Anton Zelin property. It is shown that tbe defendants’ property lies in Cooper street between blocks 190 and 191 of tbe plat introduced in evidence exhibiting tbe platted area of Jones Island. On record pages 366 and 367 it appears that, in response to tbe court’s inquiry regarding tbe location of tbe property in litigation bere in relation to tbe Anton Zelin property, plaintiff’s counsel stated to tbe court that it was not denied…
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