Hass v. Plautz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Wood County Ejectment. Tbe facts are stated, in tbe opinion. Tbe instructions there referred to were as follows: 1. “ But it is further claimed by tbe plaintiff that at the time of their settlement and occupancy of their respective farms this old line or survey was known to both the plaintiff and defendant; that they cleared their farms up to it; that they made their fences in reference to it, and put on their improvements and occupied it…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Wood County Ejectment. Tbe facts are stated, in tbe opinion. Tbe instructions there referred to were as follows: 1. “ But it is further claimed by tbe plaintiff that at the time of their settlement and occupancy of their respective farms this old line or survey was known to both the plaintiff and defendant; that they cleared their farms up to it; that they made their fences in reference to it, and put on their improvements and occupied it for the purpose of cultivation thereafter; that the highway was laid out along the old line -with the knowledge of both…
1Opinion of the CourtOkton, J.
This is an action of ejectment, to recover a strip of land about three rods wide lying along the east and west section line, between section ten and section three, in the same town and range, the plaintiff owning the 27. W. quarter of the 27. E. quarter of section ten, and the defendant owningthe S. W. quarter of the S. E. quarter of section three, and in possession of said strip. About eighteen years ago, while the parties, or those under whom they hold, were in the occupancy of their respective tracts, a highway was laid out on what was then supposed to be the section line, and was laid out…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
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