Van Ostrand v. Cole
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Price county: A. J. ViNJE, Judge. An action in ejectment, under tbe statute, to recover tbe possession of 160 acres of vacant and unoccupied land. Plaintiff alleged ownership in fee and right of possession and that defendant unlawfully withheld possession, and demanded judgment declaring the title and right of possession to be in him. Damages were also demanded.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Price county: A. J. ViNJE, Judge. An action in ejectment, under tbe statute, to recover tbe possession of 160 acres of vacant and unoccupied land. Plaintiff alleged ownership in fee and right of possession and that defendant unlawfully withheld possession, and demanded judgment declaring the title and right of possession to be in him. Damages were also demanded. Defendant answered •claiming ownership in fee, that she had acquired title through •deeds from Price county to the J. L. Gates Land Company, and from that company to her. The various…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 19, 1907:
Siebeckee, J.
Much stress is placed in argument on the claim that plaintiff has failed to show title to the premises. As appears from the foregoing statement of the facts, plaintiff’s claim of title is founded on the five tax deeds issued by Price county to Burrows, all of which were duly of record for more than three years before the commencement of this action. It is contended that plaintiff’s title under these deeds is not protected from attack by defendant for defects and insufficiencies in the tax proceedings. The lands involved were…
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