Wegner v. Erffmeyer

The following opinion was filed April 5, 1927:

Owen, J.

The question presented is whether the plaintiffs have the right to use the south fifteen feet of the west fifty feet of lot 12 as an alley. In Fischer v. Laack, 76 Wis. 313, at p. 319 (45 N. W. 104), it is said: “The only methods known to the law by which one person may acquire an easement in the lands of another are by grant or prescription or, in the case of a right of way, by necessity.” As these lots front on public streets, there can be no claim in this case of an easement by necessity, and no such claim is made. Plaintiffs’ claim to…