Legal Opinion
Hunter v. McDonald
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1977No. 75-474PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The question is whether a servient owner’s unreasonable interference with the dominant owner’s use of an easement is enjoinable though the interference is not a physical encroachment upon the easement.
Plaintiff-respondents, James G. Hunter, Jr., and Bonnie K. Hunter, his wife, and defendants-appellants, William D. McDonald and Valera McDonald, his wife, own adjoining properties on the shore of Okauchee Lake in the town of Oconomowoc in Waukesha county. This is an appeal from a judgment enjoining the defendants from obstructing a right-of-way easement over their property used for ingress and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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