Finney v. Boyd
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The action below was ejectment, by Finney and Platt against Boyd, for lots numbered from 13 to 16, and from 29 to 32, in block 62, Ford’s Addition to the city of Oshkosh. The plaintiffs claimed all the lots except that numbered 13, under tax deeds from the county; and also claimed said last mentioned lot, as well as the others, under tax deeds from the city of Oshkosh.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The action below was ejectment, by Finney and Platt against Boyd, for lots numbered from 13 to 16, and from 29 to 32, in block 62, Ford’s Addition to the city of Oshkosh. The plaintiffs claimed all the lots except that numbered 13, under tax deeds from the county; and also claimed said last mentioned lot, as well as the others, under tax deeds from the city of Oshkosh. In a former action by Finney against Ford and others, under ch. 22, Laws of 1859, based upon the same deeds, to foreclose the interest of said Ford and others in these lots,…
1Opinion of the CourtDixon, C. J.
This is a very plain case upon two of the questions involved in it, and which are decisive of the whole issue. The court below found that there was a decree in the former suit by the plaintiff in error Finney against the grantors of the defendant in error, to foreclose the tax deeds held by Finney, adjudging Finney to own in fee all the lots in dispute, except lot thirteen. The finding is in some respects obscure, but so we understand it, and it is *370so treated by counsel. It appears from other findings, that the court intended to find, and did find, that a decree was entered, and which must…
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