Bishop v. Bleyer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. Ejectment to recover possession of the east I feet of the south one third of quarter block 11, in the Nirst ward •of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Answer that the defendant’s ward, Heise, has been in the open, visible, notorious, and exclusive possession of said land, under claim of title exclusive of any other right, for more than forty-three years last past.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Judge. Ejectment to recover possession of the east I feet of the south one third of quarter block 11, in the Nirst ward •of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Answer that the defendant’s ward, Heise, has been in the open, visible, notorious, and exclusive possession of said land, under claim of title exclusive of any other right, for more than forty-three years last past. The answer also sets up the twenty years limitation, as prescribed by sec. 4220, Stats. 1898. The jury found by special verdict, among other…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
In March, 1853, the defendant’s ward, Heise, purchased a piece of land described as the west sixty feet of quarter block 12. Plaintiff’s land in quarter block 11 lies immediately to the east. Before his purchase, Heise was shown the tract as being inclosed by fences which were supposed to surround the tract he purchased. He was put into possession of a tract sixty feet wide, being the land included between the fences, and continued in such possession up to the time this suit was brought, claiming title thereto. Some time later, Mrs. Pemberthy, who occupied the tract to the east, had a survey…
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