Osborn v. Jaines
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Ejectment for land held by the defendant under a tax title. The case is stated in the opinion of the ctjurt. Judgment for the plaintiff. contended that chap. 197, Laws of 1859, did not in terms repeal the law of 1849, limiting the time in which actions could be brought to recover lands conveyed for taxes ; and the law does not favor repeals by implication.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Ejectment for land held by the defendant under a tax title. The case is stated in the opinion of the ctjurt. Judgment for the plaintiff. contended that chap. 197, Laws of 1859, did not in terms repeal the law of 1849, limiting the time in which actions could be brought to recover lands conveyed for taxes ; and the law does not favor repeals by implication. Lolcer vs. Broohline, 13 Pick., 343, 348 ; 2 id., 172, 176. The act of 1859 was but an extension of the time for bringing suits, and this act being repealed by chap. 24, Laws of 1861, the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Cov/rt,
DixoN, C. J.
Ejectment for a tract of land in the county of Dane. The defendant claims title under a tax deed, and the sufficiency of that title is the only question. The land was sold in April, 1853. The deed issued May 26th, and was recorded May 30th, 1856. It was admitted, on the trial, that the defendant had been in possession and was so still, and that he had made valuable improvements on the land. How long he had been in possession does not appear. The case was argued in connection with Smith vs. Cleveland, already decided, and as if it presented the same questions. But we…
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