Milwaukee County v. Milwaukee Yacht Club

The Milwaukee Yacht Club obtained permission by resolution of the common council of the city of Milwaukee on October 28, 1895, to construct a clubhouse on a parcel of land sixty by sixty feet adjacent to the city flushing, tunnel on the shore of Lake Michigan and near what is now generally known as McKinley Beach. Ownership was assumed by both parties to be in the city. The city’s resolution provided that the club was not to be considered a tenant of the city and that a clubhouse to be erected would be removed when the public interest should require. The clubhouse was subsequently erected and…