Gard v. Butterfield
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court of Douglas county: Chables Smith, Judge. Plaintiff brought this action in the superior court of Douglas county to bar the defendants under sec. 1197 et seq., Stats. (1898), from claiming as original owner's any right or interest in the lands involved. Three separate causes of action are alleged, each based on a separate tax deed. All relate to the same property.
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Appeal from an order of the superior court of Douglas county: Chables Smith, Judge. Plaintiff brought this action in the superior court of Douglas county to bar the defendants under sec. 1197 et seq., Stats. (1898), from claiming as original owner's any right or interest in the lands involved. Three separate causes of action are alleged, each based on a separate tax deed. All relate to the same property. A copy of each' deed is set out in full in the complaint, and the persons through whom the plaintiff obtained his title are given. The relationship and heirship of some of the defendants to…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 21, 1911:
Siebeckee, J.
The superior court set aside its former judgment in the action on the ground that it acquired no jurisdiction of the cause because the record failed to disclose the value of the property involved in the litigation. The contention of the appellant is that under the law there is a presumption that this court had jurisdiction and hence its *117judgment was valid and irrevocable, unless set aside for error during the term wherein it was rendered or on review on appeal or by writ of error in this court. There is no conflict as to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Child v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865