Brew v. Nugent
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Crawford county: Geoe&e ClemestsoN, Circuit Judge. Ejectment to recover a strip of land two feet on the east side, seven feet on the west side, and 150 feet long as a part of lot 12 and the north one-third of lot 17, block 11, of the Union plat of Prairie du Chien.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Crawford county: Geoe&e ClemestsoN, Circuit Judge. Ejectment to recover a strip of land two feet on the east side, seven feet on the west side, and 150 feet long as a part of lot 12 and the north one-third of lot 17, block 11, of the Union plat of Prairie du Chien. The dispute was as to the location of the south boundary line of lot 12 and north one-third of lot 17. There was evidence to this effect: A fence, built about the year 1863, displacing a fence previously built, was designed to be located on the north line of lots 12 and 17. None of…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
Tbe following propositions are affirmed and submitted by appellant’s counsel as grounds for a reversal: (1) Tbe verdict and finding tbat tbe fence as constructed for tbe north boundary of lots 12 and 17 some thirty or forty years before tbe controversy arose was properly placed is not supported by any credible evidence. (2) Tbe court in instructing' tbe jury gave prejudicial significance, as evidence, to tbe location and maintenance of tbe fence referred to. We will consider such propositions briefly.
It is the settled law tbat in controversies as to tbe proper locations of corners or…
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