Bartlett v. Secor
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Hacine County. Ejectment. The answer, after a general denial of each material allegation of the complaint, for a second defense, “ alleges and objects that the action of the plaintiffs was not commenced within the period of time prescribed and limited for the commencement thereof in and by the statutes of the state of Wisconsin in such case made and provided, and that he does and shall insist upon said statutes in bar of the right of the…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Hacine County. Ejectment. The answer, after a general denial of each material allegation of the complaint, for a second defense, “ alleges and objects that the action of the plaintiffs was not commenced within the period of time prescribed and limited for the commencement thereof in and by the statutes of the state of Wisconsin in such case made and provided, and that he does and shall insist upon said statutes in bar of the right of the plaintiffs and each of them to maintain this action.” For a third defense it is alleged that on or about September 25,…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover the possession of about seven acres of land. The defendant sets up adverse possession for more than twenty years previous to the commencement of the action in bar of plaintiffs’ claim. On the trial the plaintiffs showed title in themselves' derived from the government. The defendant showed the following state of facts, viz.: That he came into the town in which the land in question is situated in 1841. At that time Mr. Newman, the person through whom the plaintiffs derive their title, owned the lands in question. When defendant came into the country,…
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