Legal Opinion
State v. Town Board of Tomahawk Lake
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
If 'a public highway exists over the lands'or along the route in question it must have come into existence *192either by user or by lawful proceedings of the town board establishing and laying out a public highway thereon. The trial court, in a very cogent opinion, disposed of the prescriptive feature of the case in the following language:
“The court is satisfied that the road or driveway here in question originated with the logging camp of Bradley & Kelley along in the early 90’s — probably in 1892. It was a combined skidding road and tote road. The use which other people made of it thereafter…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Warren v. President of JacksonvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
- State v. WilsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1856
- City of Chippewa Falls v. HopkinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
- Hanson v. TaylorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
- Bassett v. SoelleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Shepard v. GilbertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
- Bino v. City of HurleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
- Lundberg v. University of Notre DameWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
- New v. StockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971