Orton v. Noonan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Ejectment. The plaintiff appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, as not stating a cause of action.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Ejectment. The plaintiff appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, as not stating a cause of action. The ground on which the demurrer was sustained will appear from the opinion. cient if the description in a tax deed indicate the land intended with ordinary and reasonable certainty, and be such as would suffice between the parties to an ordinary conveyance, cited Laws of 1866, ch. 53, § 1; E. S. ch. 18, § 21; 13 Ill. 708; and as to the rule in such conveyances, he cited 6 Hill, 456; 21 Barb. 398; 29 id. 196; 11 id. 173;…
1Opinion of the Court
DixoN, O. J.
The description in the deed is in these words : “ Part of N. W. J, Lot 3, N. by Wolcott, E. by Scharb, S. by Worthly, W. by Webber, Stffr acres, of sec. 9, T. 7, E. 22.” The *104plaintiff, in bis complaint, claims title under tbe deed to “ part of the northwest quarter of section 9, town Y, range 22, east, and described as lot 3, and bounded as follows, viz.: north by lands of Wolcott, east by lands of Scharb, south by lands of Worthly, and west by lands of Webber, being 5J acres.” A copy of the deed is annexed to the complaint, and made part of it, and the question arises as to the…
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