Cornell University v. Wisconsin Central Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. ' Action to recover possession of a strip 100 feet wide through certain described tracts of land, and damages for entering and cutting timber upon the remainder of sncli tracts. The action was commenced in the circuit court for Chippewa county, December 18,1878, the lands being then situated partly in Ashland county and partly in Chippewa county.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Chippewa County. ' Action to recover possession of a strip 100 feet wide through certain described tracts of land, and damages for entering and cutting timber upon the remainder of sncli tracts. The action was commenced in the circuit court for Chippewa county, December 18,1878, the lands being then situated partly in Ashland county and partly in Chippewa county. The answer was served February 6, 1879. By ch. 103, Laws of 1879, approved February 26, 1879, and published March 3 and 4, 1879, the lands in Chippewa county affected by the action were set off into…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, <1.
The motion to dismiss in this case is based upon the ground that the act of the legislature organizing Price county (chapter 103, Laws of 1879) had detached all the lands described in the complaint .from Chippewa county, and included them within the territory of Price county. It is claimed that the necessary effect of this legislation was to deprive the circuit court of Chippewa county of all jurisdiction over this action then pending, and that it should be dismissed for that reason. The action was undoubtedly local, and could only be commenced in the county in which the lands, or…
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