Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-03-12

Earl Thorn -, Barsbo Nelson WI t
Ter; Reedsbu g; and ). z. Wltwen,
Troy.
Saare was born at Watertowr, Wis,
nearly 56 years ago and has resided in
BarRooo since 1874 For number OF
years he conducted q barber shop and
In recent years has been The city funi-
gator and looked after those with &C n-
tAgious diseases.
On Saturday evening the jury In the
case of StoltP, Oangel & Foss Co. VS..
Luella Howland brought 10 - verdict
in favor of Mrs. HoVl+nd 1t was a
trial over the adverse possession OF
property. The law is that if real estate
Is sin posse ,sion of person for
twenty years or more it belongs to
the occupant, it matters not whether
ahe occupant has deed or not.
The piece of land in ques-
ton Is situated at the rear of
lot in the city of Reedsburg di-
sgonally across the street from the
store of the plaintiff. Years ago the
land belonged to A. p. E'linwood, was
sold to Daniel Mepham, to Mrs. Hor-
kan and then to Mrs. Rowland. The
strip is feet by SO feet bet ween lots 6
AID in block IL of the original plat
of the Second City. Mrs. Rowland
did nos have deed to the land, her
deed calling for SO by 66 feet, but her
tax receipts showed that she has been
paying on SO by 80 feet. Ga the land
Ia dispute the occupants of the land
have had clothes reel, maintained a
building, dumped ashes and planted
bushes according to the evidence
On the other hand Stolte, Dangel
& Foss Co. have a deed to the
property, piled boxes on The land, used
it for teams and had also paid the
taxes, at least portion of the time
The plat also shows thas the land be-
longs to the lot owned by the firm. IL
required about three days to try the
case.
Special Verdict.
The jury brought in q special YER
dict as follows:
Question: Have the defendant and
her predecessors in possession of the
premises des 3ribed in the com plant,
been in actual continued occupation
of said premises, under claim of title
thereto, exclusive of any other right
for twenty Yeas prior TO the com.
mencemsnt of this action?
Answer, "Yes".
Question 2: Have the pre-
misses described in the complaint
been unusually cultivated and im-
proved for period of twenty years
prior to the commencement of this &C.
ton by the defendant and her pred
ecessor in possession of the same?
Answer, "Y esq.
G. h. Hood, foreman.
A motion to change the answers
from yes to no was denied by thu
court.
The seven feet Of land is said to be
worth not more than $75, valuing the
property as the surrounding land is
rated. The cost of the trial to the
plaintiff, defendant and the county
will amount to $500 or $500 or more
The witnesses were:
II. E. French, Joseph Mepham,
George Curtis, G. G. Stevens, Luella
Rowland, Mrs. Gala Deveror, Mrs
Matte ParbeI, John Rosenthal, MIS-.
Mary Hotkan, Maurice E. seeIy, D.
6. Schweke. Fred Cook, c. M. Du
Bots, w. A. Stolte, James A. Stone.
The jury were:
Richard Dresser, o. w. Hahn, }. P.
Witwen, G. A. Briggs, Pearson Ora
mer. w. D. Stanley, AIois Gruber,
A. P. Dryer, James Welch, Otto
Hornung, George IL. Hood. Earl
Thomas.
Briefs will be submitted in the case
of the State eX.rel. American Refrac-
tories company VS.. Franklin Johnson.
The company objects to paying taxes
on the assessed valuation OF the pro-
perty at Devils Lake.
The case of VIM. Sass VS. August
Mittlestadt was continued.
In the case of M. N. l.. Dunlap VS.
the Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha
railway, the punishment of w. w.
IIVCn was Ordarad reIaasal