Legal Opinion
Stoesser v. Shore Drive Partnership
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1993No. 91-0903PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJon P. Wilcox, J.
This case comes to the court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to sec. (Rule) 809.61, Stats. The issue is whether riparian rights can be conveyed to non-riparian landowners by easement. We conclude that an easement can convey riparian rights to non-riparian landowners.
The facts are not in dispute. The plaintiffs-appellants (hereinafter "subdivision owners") are non-riparian landowners in the O-Tan-Kah Subdivision. The defendants-respondents (hereinafter "partnership") are riparian landowners along Lake Beulah having purchased its riparian land , on September 15, 1989. The…
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