Illinois Steel Co. v. Budzisz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Eugene S. Elliott, Circuit Judge. Action of ejectment to recover possession of part of government lot 2, section 33, town 1, range 22 E., in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, particularly described in the complaint, which is in the usual form. The answer contains a general denial and a claim of title in the defendants by adverse possession.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Eugene S. Elliott, Circuit Judge. Action of ejectment to recover possession of part of government lot 2, section 33, town 1, range 22 E., in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, particularly described in the complaint, which is in the usual form. The answer contains a general denial and a claim of title in the defendants by adverse possession. The following was established by the evidence: The section referred to was surveyed as part of the public domain of the United States prior to the year 1835.- That part east of the east meander…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 19, 1902:
Maesiiall, J.
We understand that by the answers to •questions 2 and 3 of the special verdict the jury decided that, when the patent from the United States under which appellant claims was made, the locus in quo was part of the1 bed of Lake Michigan and was on the lake side of the meander line thereof. In no other way do the two findings harmonize. One is to the effect that the property in dispute, at the date ■of the patent, was a part of the bed of Lake Michigan or some arm or bayou thereof. That is, as we take it, that it was part of the bed of…
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