Stevens v. Supervisors of Clack County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Qla/rk County. This case was similar in its general character to the case of Marsh and others v. The Board of Supervisors of Claris County and another, 42 Wis., 502, except as to the proof of plaintiff’s title to the lands upon which the taxes complained of were assessed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Qla/rk County. This case was similar in its general character to the case of Marsh and others v. The Board of Supervisors of Claris County and another, 42 Wis., 502, except as to the proof of plaintiff’s title to the lands upon which the taxes complained of were assessed. Ch. 112, General Laws of 1856, relating to the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, requires a record to be made of all the lands selected under certain acts and resolutions of congress, and a certified copy of such record to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, C. J.
But for one difficulty, we should have given *39the same judgment in this case, as in Marsh against the same defendants, decided at the same time.
The appellant, in proving his title in the court below, offered in evidence what purported to be the copy of a document oil file in the office of the secretary of state, verified by the certificate of that officer.
Sec. 71 of eh. 137, E. S., requires such a certificate to state that the copy has been compared with the original by the officer in whose custody it is and who gives the certificate.
The appellant contends that the certificate in this case is…
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