Progress Blue Ribbon Farms v. Harter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waukesha county: Martin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. Action for an injunction to restrain trespass upon real estate and for damages.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Waukesha county: Martin L. Lueck, Circuit Judge. Action for an injunction to restrain trespass upon real estate and for damages. The complaint alleged that plaintiff was the owner and in possession of certain premises in Wau-kesha county, Wisconsin, by virtue of a deed of conveyance and the actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and continuous ownership and occupancy of the premises under claim of title of its predecessors in title for upwards of forty years; that defendants had committed and threatened to continue to commit acts of trespass and…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
As indicated in the foregoing statement of facts, the only question presented by this appeal is whether or not the finding of the court to the effect that plaintiff and its predecessors in title had continuously for more than twenty years immediately preceding the commencement of this action adversely occupied the disputed strips of land is supported by the evidence. It clearly appears, and the defendants admit, *136that the strips of land in question have been occupied continuously for more than forty years by plaintiff and its predecessors in title, hut it is claimed that such occupancy was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Illinois Steel Co. v. BudziszWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Wollman v. RuehleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Ovig v. MorrisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Bishop v. BleyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
- Closuit v. John Arpin Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by5 opinions
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