Pollnow v. Department of Natural Resources

This is an appeal by Oscar W. Pollnow and Dorothy Pollnow, his wife, from a judgment of the Oneida County Circuit Court, the Honorable Ronald D. Keberle, presiding, entered March 10, 1976 determining that the State of Wisconsin has a fee simple absolute in a disputed parcel of land, and from an order entered June 14, 1976 denying the Pollnows’ motion for relief from the judgment or for a new trial. The strip of land was formerly a segment of the right of way of the Milwaukee Road and runs through Pollnows’ land.

The questions raised on appeal are:

1. Was the railroad granted a right of way…