27 Wis. 682 | Wis. | 1871
Our statute declares that the complaint in actions to recover real property shall set forth that the plaintiff has an estate or interest in the premises claimed, particularly stating the nature and extent of such estate or interest, “ and that he is entitled to the possession of such premises, and that the defendant unlawfully withholds the possession thereof from him.” Section 4, chap. 141. We do not very well see upon what ground the court can disregard so plain and positive a provision of the statute. In the complaint before us it is alleged that the plaintiffs are the owners in fee of the real estate, and that the defendant is in the possession of it, “and wrongfully and unlawfully withholds the possession of the same from said
We have been referred to some authorities in support of the position that the complaint is sufficient; but these decisions of the courts of other states will not justify us in disregarding a statutory requirement.
By the Court. — The order of the circuit court, overruling the demurrer, is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings.