United States Fire Insurance Co. v. E. D. Wesley Co.

Three issues are raised in this case: whether sec. 893.155, Stats. 1977 1 (renumbered sec. 893.89, Stats., effective July 1, 1980) effective on June 13, 1976, applies to an action commenced in 1979 involving damages sustained in 1978 resulting from construction of an underground pipeline in 1953. The court of appeals ruled it did apply. We reverse.(2) Whether an underground oil pipeline is an improvement to real estate within the meaning of sec. 898.155, Stats. 1977. The court of appeals ruled it is an improvement. We affirm.(3) Petitioner raises the additional issue of whether the…