State Ex Rel. Wisconsin Edison Corp. v. Robertson

This is an appeal from a judgment quashing a petition for a writ of certiorari taken to review the 1978 assessment of petitioner’s real estate. The issue is whether the assessment was made at the property’s fair market value.

The Stebbinsville dam is located on the Yahara River in the Township of Porter, seven miles southeast of Stoughton. It was constructed in 1917 to generate electricity and consists of the dam, a 4% acre pond, a powerhouse and a caretaker’s residence. The City of Stoughton electric utility, which owned the Stebbinsville facility, discontinued using it to generate…