Page:Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Volume 5.djvu/794

 ^i$m ,;The SQCjtioo.iof the sta^utemider .wh.ich the defendant clftims toiiiave hëld th^ lartdradyeiaely for ten; years is as fol- lows, (section 4-211, Wis.:Bey> St. 1-878 :): "WlieOithe occupant pi^those:undeE -whpm he clauias entçied iilto tUe possession of any preiaises Tinder olaim oi :title exclusive of any other right, fouiSkdingtsiiohiciainjL •upott'Some.'WTittein iûstrunlent as being aiOdnveyance of the preioisediiQ queetiofl; or upon the judg' ment of ' sotne competent courtj'and that there lias been ■a <;dntinued Qccvlpation and possession of+tbfe' premises included in sucbidn^triimëntiOr jadgm«nt, ar in : 'some, part of such premisespunder; sucii claim for tën'yearsvitke premises s0 included sball. be deetned. to have , been riield adversely. �The conselnsioh I haver.cbme to ia thatthe defendant màkea a case of adverse possession urider the stàtiite. He lias been in the actual atid continnedociotipancy and ipoesession of the landioir'ten yeai»' and upwaJrds, immediately preceding the commencement of the action, claiming i;itle' in entire good faith under: thô! recorded' : tax deed, and his conveyance from Eiversoni, exclusiTe of any .othetr Hghf. • It' is not at ail neees- Sary that thbse deeds ofthernselves should cônvey a good and perfect ti'tle. If that w«re so^the statiite wduld be of no effect wbatôvôr.' Gôlo!r;of title is a title apparently good, altbc)u|[b in' fact it' may be bàdl ■ �: If the plaintiff/can go baok of the tax deed aiid the corivey- ance undei it; to Mongon, -add sliow' facts dehors the record to defeat the deed, thein tbetentyears' ocoçpàncy and possessiopi under a written instrument,! suffioieiit on its face tocarry a good title^ and -whichjmay' be reliei upon in good faith, as cobveying atitle, is of ihoavail* I do noi; seeiany room for doubt-that the qiliiteliaiœddeed'iiself, if relied upon, as in this case, as donveying a ; good title, may hdt constitute a good Isundatiou for colon of title add àidverse possession. Northrop v.JF?ri^/(*,F7liiill,:476". ■ It is sufficient on its faceto convey a^gOiPdtitle^^aindall the title thait ooulid,be conveyed bya war- Bdnty d!eed-,(from whicto it,;!only diiffers ini that tbere are no ocfvenantsviiiiitii]. ■;,■,.!■, ■: ,; V' e-i!-!;'' -,■,•. ■• • �There as jnot a particle* of evidenûe,or a circumstance in ����