Olson v. Township of Spooner

Walter Olsen appeals a judgment dismissing his inverse condemnation suit against Wash-burn County and the Township of Spooner. Olsen challenges the trial court’s application of sec. 893.80(l)(a), Stats., governing notice of claim, to an inverse condemnation suit brought under sec. 32.10, Stats. Because we conclude that sec. 893.80(1) (a) governs actions brought against governmental subdivisions under sec. 32.10, and because the trial court properly applied the notice of claim statute, we affirm.

In 1981, Spooner improved a town road that ran through Olsen’s property. Although Spooner owned a…