Nosek v. Stryker

This case involves a dispute between two neighbors owning adjacent land on the shore of Powers Lake. Each riparian owner claimed that the other’s pier encroached upon his waterfront rights. The trial court found the Noseks’ pier interfered with the Strykers’ riparian rights and was therefore a private nuisance to the Strykers. The trial court ordered the Noseks’ pier moved a considerable distance away from its present location. The Noseks appeal, and we affirm.

There is no set rule in Wisconsin for establishing the extension of boundaries into a lake between contiguous shoreline properties.…