Thomas v. City of Waukesha

The action was tried and determined pursuant to the provisions of sec. 66.60 (12) (b), Stats.

Arcadian avenue, the route of State Trunk Highway 59 through the city, was rebuilt in 1960, as a federal urban project in which the federal government paid 50 percent of the cost, the state 35 percent, and the city 15 percent.

Before the improvement, Arcadian avenue was a blacktop street, 34 feet wide (most of the city’s older residential streets were 30 feet wide) with a high crown. That portion of the street with which this appeal is concerned was lined by mature elm and basswood trees. The original…