State v. Lloyd
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal front a judgment of the circuit court for "Waushara county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. Action to recover a forfeiture under see. 1326, Stats. (1898). The action was commenced in justice’s court and certified to the circuit court upon a plea of disputed title to real estate. The action was instituted in the name of the state by the chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Aurora, where the land was situated.
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Appeal front a judgment of the circuit court for "Waushara county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. Action to recover a forfeiture under see. 1326, Stats. (1898). The action was commenced in justice’s court and certified to the circuit court upon a plea of disputed title to real estate. The action was instituted in the name of the state by the chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Aurora, where the land was situated. The evidence was to this effect: Defendant and his predecessor in title, one Van ITouten, were the owners and possessors of the ÍT. W. ¿ of section 25, town 18, range…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
While a very long record is presented, it is believed that the foregoing brief statement exhibits the facts as established with sufficient clearness to warrant the trial court in holding that no jury question was involved. There was a scintilla of evidence here and there out of harmony with the general trend. The history of the subject involved extended over a period of some fifty-five years, part depending on declarations of deceased persons made some fifty years prior to the trial and much on recollection of events after the lapse of more than the ordinary span of a generation. On the whole…
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