Furlong v. Garrett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. Ejectment. The defendant had a verdict, by direction of the court; and from a judgment thereon the plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Door County. Ejectment. The defendant had a verdict, by direction of the court; and from a judgment thereon the plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion. They contended, 1. That the court erred in the admission of evidence for the defendant. 2. That plaintiff’s evidence tended to show title in him by adverse possession under see. 6, ch. 138. R. S. (Pepper v. O’Dowd, 39 "Wis., 538; Wilson v. Henry. 40 id., 594), and the question should have been submitted to the jury. 1 Chand., 231; 3 id., 240; 5 "Wis., 429; Lawrence University v. Smith, 32 id.,…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This action was brought to recover the posses*115sion. of a parcel of land described in the complaint, being a part of lot 2, sec. 25, T. 34, R. 29 E. The defendant was in possession at the time the action was commenced. The plaintiff produced no evidence of title in himself derived from the United States or from any other acknowledged source of title, but claimed to recover upon two grounds: First, that he and his grantors had held the land sought to be recovered, adversely, under claim of title exclusive of any other right, founding such claim upon a deed conveying said land to his grantors,…
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