Lehmann v. Waukesha County Highway Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFairchild, J.
It appears that Waukesha County Highway Commission intends to widen County Trunk K along the southern edge of plaintiffs’ property and Pewaukee road along the eastern edge of plaintiffs’ property, and claims an easement to a depth of 33 feet on the southern and eastern edges of plaintiffs’ land. Plaintiffs seem to contend in argument here either that the two roads were laid out so that the full width lies entirely outside the boundaries of their property, or that as a result of long-continued use of land outside the boundaries the public has lost any easement it had over plaintiffs’ land.…
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