Roach v. Sanborn Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Forest county: John Goodla.b~d, Circuit Judge. This suit was brought by the appellant on November 24, 1902, as the owner of certain notes secured by trust deeds on lands in Forest county, and as the beneficial holder of said trust deeds, to set aside certain tax titles held by the respondent, the Sanborn Land Company, which was joined with other defendants.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Forest county: John Goodla.b~d, Circuit Judge. This suit was brought by the appellant on November 24, 1902, as the owner of certain notes secured by trust deeds on lands in Forest county, and as the beneficial holder of said trust deeds, to set aside certain tax titles held by the respondent, the Sanborn Land Company, which was joined with other defendants. In 1893 the lands were owned by the T. W. Harvey Lumber Company, an Illinois corporation, with its office at Chicago, and on August 1, 1893, it executed two trust deeds to David B. Lyman,…
1Opinion of the CourtBashrord, J.
The first question raised on appellant’s brief relates to the invalidity of the tax deeds, and numerous defects are pointed out which seem fatal to these instruments as conveyances of the land. The court has found that none of them had been of record for three years prior to the commencement of the action, hence they are open to attack. Respondent’s counsel does not seek to support the validity of the tax deeds, hence we may assume that this defense is .abandoned.
The controlling question in this case is whether or not the appellant held a valid lien on the premises described in the complaint.…
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