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UNITED STATES v. SEVERSON

No. 18476.

447 F.2d 631 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clifford SEVERSON and Mabel Severson, Defendants-Appellants, and Vernon County, Wisconsin, a public corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quincy H. Hale, William P. Skemp, La Crosse, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Daniel S. Boos, Asst. U. S. Atty., John O. Olson, U. S. Atty., John E. Clarke, James R. Mack, Asst. U. S. Attys., Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Chief District Judge.

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by the United States to quiet title in itself to portions of an island and of a former island in the Mississippi River. The defendants Severson claim under their title to government lots which, when surveyed and platted, formed the river bank. Defendant Vernon county has levied taxes. The United States prevailed in the district court, 309 F.Supp. 915, and the Seversons have appealed...

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