Gilbert v. Pier
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Lincoln, county: Chas. Y. BardeeN, Circuit Judge. Action to quiet title to land, involving the validity of a tax deed under which defendant claimed the land. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
June 9, 1886,’Lincoln county in due form of law acquired title to a tract of land by tax deed based on a tax sale of 1883. December 21, 1896, the county by quitclaim deed conveyed the land to plaintiff. There was no question on the evidence but that plaintiff was entitled to recover by virtue of the title thus acquired, unless defendant was the owner of the land under a tax deed made to her in due form of law, based on a tax sale of the land for taxes of 1889. The latter tax deed plaintiff contended was void because the lands were exempt from taxation for the year 1889, being county land.…
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