Dean v. Earley

Decided May 15, 1862

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1862-05-15

On tbe 6tb of August, 1861, Earley commenced an action against Dean to recover possession of a certain lot in tbe city of Madison in Dane county. On tbe trial, tbe plaintiff offered in evidence, among other conveyances, a tax deed for said lot, dated June 20, 1851, executed by tbe clerk of tbe board of supervisors of said county, in tbe name of tbe state, to tbe plaintiff’s grantor, duly acknowledged, and recorded June 24, 1851.

Relies on Knox v. Cleveland

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Decided 1862-05-15

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¶1By the Court,

Dixoít, C. J.

¶2It was held in Knox vs. Cleveland, 13 Wis. 245, tbat under tbe statutes of 1849, tbe formal execution and record of a tax deed of unoccupied premises, drew after it tbe possession, and made it incumbent on tbe previous owner, if be desired to contest its validity, to commence bis action or take actual adverse possession within tbe period of limitation prescribed, else bis right was gone-Tbis case comes fully within tbe principle there laid dowm *101and it becomes unnecessary for us to consider tbe other questions presented.

¶3Judgment affirmed.