Cornelius v. Kessel
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. The case is stated in the opinion, of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This case comento us from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. It is an action for the possession of forty acres of land,, being' part of a quarter section in Township 16 of Kange.20, ,in the county of Sheboygan, in that State, and was brought in the Circuit Court of that county. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff has the lawful title as the owner in fee- simple, and the right to the possession of the demanded premises; and that the defendant wrongfully withholds them from him to his damage of three hundred dollars. It therefore prays that the defendant may be adjudged to surrender, to the…
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