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

  1. Warren v. President of JacksonvilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1856
  3. City of Chippewa Falls v. HopkinsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Hanson v. TaylorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
  5. Bassett v. SoelleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Shepard v. GilbertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Bino v. City of HurleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Lundberg v. University of Notre DameWisconsin Supreme Court · 1939
  4. New v. StockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971

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