Jones v. Hoffman
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to quiet title and declare plaintiff the owner of the land in question and bar and foreclose the defendants from any claim, right, or title to said land adverse to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Wauke-sha county: Maetin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to quiet title and declare plaintiff the owner of the land in question and bar and foreclose the defendants from any claim, right, or title to said land adverse to the plaintiff. The defendants claim title through mesne conveyances from plaintiff under a deed containing the following: “Reserving off the east line of the same two rods in width, running into Pewaukee lake, commencing 2 (two) rods south of the northwest corner of section 24; also a right of way from the…
1Opinion of the CourtKeRwiw, J.
Two questions are involved upon this appeal: (1) the construction of a deed from plaintiff to one David C. Ormsby, through whom the defendants claim title to the land in suit, and (2) whether the defendants acquired title by adverse possession to such land under a written instrument.
1. The appellants claim that the land in controversy passed by the deed from plaintiff to Ormsby, while on the part of the respondent it is claimed that it was excepted from such grant. The controversy arises on the words of the deed. After describing forty acres in township No. 7 north,.range No. 18 east, the…
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