Woodbury v. Shackleford
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action below was ejectment by Collins and Amelia Shackleford against Woodbury, commenced in February, 1864. Title to the premises vested in Barlow Shackleford, March. 14, 1842 ; and he died September 22, 1847, leaving the plaintiffs his sole heirs.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action below was ejectment by Collins and Amelia Shackleford against Woodbury, commenced in February, 1864. Title to the premises vested in Barlow Shackleford, March. 14, 1842 ; and he died September 22, 1847, leaving the plaintiffs his sole heirs. Said Collins became 21 years of age in June, 1860, and said Amelia in September, 1863. Woodbury's lessor claimed under tax sales made in 1844, 1848 and 1859 respectively, and deeds executed thereupon in 1847, 1851 and 1862, and recorded shortly after their execution. After these facts had been proven…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
DixoN, C. J.
It is a settled principle in the construction of statutes of limitation, that general words are to have a general operation; and unless there can be found in the statute itself some ground for restraining it, it cannot be restrained by arbitrary addition or retrenchment. No exceptions can be claimed in favor of particular persons or cases, unless they are expressly mentioned. Angell on Limitations, §§ 194, 485, 486, 487 and 488; Beckford v. Wade, 17 Vesey, 87 ; McIver v. Rogan, 2 Wheat., 25; Demorest v. Wynkoop, 3 Johns. Ch., 146; Hall v. Bumstead, 20 Pick., 2; Sacia…
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