Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-20
LEGAL INFORMATION.
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Any town board, upon proper petition
by the voters Of the town, have power
to establish, alter or repair any road
within the township.
When a man rents land Of another,
giving him a share Of the crop, I'M
less there is a definite agreement to the
contrary, the man who puts in the crop
must furnish the seed.
Without permission, no person has a
legal right to go upon railway right
Of way and take water from a spring
upon it for the purpose of selling the
water. The owner of land on each side
has no more right to the water than
anybody else.
No man has a right to build fence
upon the public road; and no man has
a right to build a fence upon his neigh
boris land unless his neighbor consents.
So a man cannot fence his neighbours
land from the public road, even for a
temporary purpose, without his neigh
boris consent.
The sheriff or any other person has
a right to take mOrtgaged personal
property under the mortgage for the
mortgage, after a default in the terms
of the mortgage, provided it can be done
peaceabIy, and this may be done on
Sunday as we'll as any other day. But
the sheriff has no right to take under
legal process on Sunday, nor may he
take by force at any time without re-
,pieVin papers.
"a holds that in order to find the
center Of a section one must run
straight lines from quarter-section post
to quarter section post both ways, and
the corner of all four quarter sections
must be where the one line crosses the
other. B holds that the proper way is
to survey from all four quarter-section
posts and divide the difference to find
the corner of all four quarters. Who
is right?" Ans-A is right. BIS state
ment is not ineligible.
An instrument is put in escrow when
1t is delivered to a stranger, to be
delivered by him to third party upon
the happening Of certain conditions.
The second delivery can be made to de-
pend upon the happening of almost any
event. e. g., when every share of the
capital stock of a corporation has been
subscribed for. Such an arrangement
is legitimate. and when honestly carried
out is a protection to both the stock
holders and the public.
J. NJ, for his own convenience, has
for a long time maintained a bridge
across a river. J. NJ. is also using the
river for driving logs. There is q cross
Ing in the river that people could ford,
If the river wasn't full of J. MS logs.
The ford where people now cross is not
upon any line, or regularly laid out
road, but is used the same as all roads
are used in a new timbered country.
]. NJ. is about to tear out his bridge.
Can he be prevented. or made to keep
the river clean of logs so that the pub
lie may use the ford?" Ans.-This pre-
sents an interesting question. J. NJ
cannot be prevented from using the
river 10 uIINe 1OSS, Dul, dC Inc Sdu1t
time, he can be compelled to so regulate
this use that the use will not constitute
a nuisance, as to imperil the safety or
needlessly interfere with the rights of
others. If the road you speak of has
been used, kept in repair and worked
continuously as a public highway for
the last six years, it has become a
public highway Notwithstanding it has
never been regularly laid out, and In