Brevig v. Webster

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse County in an action involving a dispute over the ownership of three parcels of land near the south shore of Lake Neshonoc.

Appellants George and Barbara Webster claim title under deeds executed in 1971. Respondent Donald Mattie claims title under oral land contracts preceding the Webster deeds and under a 1974 deed allegedly executed pursuant to those contracts.

The facts are complex, though not in serious dispute. The plaintiffs Melford and Marjorie Brevig were owners of a farm in La Crosse County on which the three disputed…