Genske v. Veith
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Monroe county. E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was the owner of a certain farm in the town of Sheldon, Monroe county, Wisconsin; the defendants were the supervisors of said town.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Monroe county. E. C. Higbee, Circuit Judge. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was the owner of a certain farm in the town of Sheldon, Monroe county, Wisconsin; the defendants were the supervisors of said town. An application was made to them in March, 1919, as such supervisors for the laying out of a public highway in said town; a substantial part of which was proposed to be located upon plaintiff’s farm; notice was duly given of the hearing of such application and thereafter an order made by such defendants on April 3, 1919, purporting…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
The highway in question was laid out to permit the owner and occupant of a farm lying just west of plaintiff to obtain access to a public highway then existing near the southeast corner of plaintiff’s premises. On account of the hills encountered and the nature of the sur*392face the highway took quite a roundabout course, and in a general way first to the northeast, then on a curve in an easterly direction, then southeasterly with several curves, then south, and finally to the southwest, and almost all of it over plaintiff’s farm.
The only alleged error now presented to us by plaintiff is to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. Gottschalk v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Jackson v. RankinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- State ex rel. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co. v. O'ConnorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Schillock v. JonesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- State ex rel. Ronglien v. ClemensonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912