Legal Opinion

Reilly v. City of Racine

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 1881PublishedCited by 37 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Raeine County. Action for an injunction. Plaintiff appealed from a judgment dismissing' the complaint. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtORTOu, J.

In 1819 the state of "Wisconsin, by its proper agencies, laid out and platted, according to the statute, on the sixteenth or school section, the school-section addition to the city of Racine; and on said plat was marked, like the other streets on the same, Raeine street, lying between blocks 67 and 68. Afterwards, in the same year, the state sold to one David L. Barton, under whom the plaintiff claims title, these two blocks. It is claimed by the appellant, and assumed to be true, that no possession or occupancy of the part of the street lying between these two blocks had been taken by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Town of Derby v. AllingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  2. Edgerton v. BirdWisconsin Supreme Court · 1858
  3. Kimball v. City of KenoshaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Wilson v. HenryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Pepper v. O'DowdWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Quinn v. BaageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  2. State Ex Rel. La Follette v. ReuterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Chase v. City of OshkoshWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Galewski v. NoeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Easton v. KochSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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