Ewer v. Lake Arrowhead Ass'n

¶ 1. Four members of Lake Arrowhead Association, Inc., bring this action for a declaratory judgment construing a provision of the Association's bylaws relating to the annual assessments charged to members who, like them, own consolidated sites. The primary issue on appeal is whether these members may bring this claim directly, in their own right, or whether, as the circuit court concluded, the right to bring this claim belongs to the Association and therefore must be brought as a derivative claim under Wis. Stat. §§ 181.0740-181.0742 (2009-10).1

¶ 2. We conclude that the claim asserted by the…