Gustafson v. Gem Twp.

The defendant, Gem township, is an organized township in Brown county, and plaintiff is the owner of a *309quarter section of land in said township. Along the east side of said land is a section line highway 66 feet in width. Some forty or more years ago plaintiff’s grantor planted trees along the east side of his land and within the right of-way o-f the said highway. The trees were cultivated and cared for and had attained a considerable size, when, in May, 1930, it was decided by the township supervisors that the ground occupied by the trees was necessary for the use of the road, and plaintiff…