Legal Opinion

Town of Buchanan v. Wolfinger

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 1941PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFairchild, J.

The roadway as it exists today has been the roadway for about eighty years. The fence line maintained by the appellants has existed for over fifty years as the southern boundary of the traveled highway. If the highway is established by user, appellants’ fence is not an encroachment. If the proceedings referred to were not abandoned and the highway as determined upon in the proceedings was according to the description in the petition and notice, defendants’ fence encroaches upon the highway at the east end for a distance not to exceed fifty or sixty feet. If the center line of the highway was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Thompson v. EggenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
  2. State ex rel. Hewitt v. GravesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Reed v. LoweSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  4. Schroeder v. KlippWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Miller v. McManusWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Northern States Power Co. v. Town of Hunter Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Jacobosky v. Town of AhnapeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Zblewski v. Town of New HopeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Affeldt v. Green Lake CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2011
  5. Roberts v. JeidyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1950

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