Zwietusch v. Watkins
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “June 29, 1817, the defendant, Watkins, was the owner of •the lot in question, and the same was then occupied by Bradley as the tenant and lessee of Watkins.
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APPEALS from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Cassoday: “June 29, 1817, the defendant, Watkins, was the owner of •the lot in question, and the same was then occupied by Bradley as the tenant and lessee of Watkins. On that day the plaintiff obtained a tax deed thereon from the city of Milwaukee, which was recorded June 30, 1877. Thereupon the plaintiff brought an action of ejectment against Bradley, and obtained judgment therein by default, December 1, 1877, and thereupon Bradley was put out of possession and the plaintiff into possession December…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The plaintiff claimed title and went into the possession of the lot in question under a tax deed issued by the city. The defendant, as 'the original owner, brought ejectment against him, and upon the trial of that action the tax deed was adjudged void, for reasons going to the groundwork of the tax or assessment upon which it was issued. The judgment entered thereon was affirmed by this court for the same reason. Watkins vs Zwietusch, 47 Wis. 513. That judgment was executed in January, 1880. Within one year thereafter the plaintiff commenced this action to recover for improvements nlade and…
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