Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources v. Building & All Related or Attached Structures Encroaching on the Lake Noquebay Wildlife Area

HOOVER, PJ.

¶ 1. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) appeals a judgment awarding adversely possessed land to the Wied Trust of 1996 (the Wieds). The primary issue presented is which version of Wis. Stat. § 893.29 applies, as it was repealed and recreated twice during the time the Wieds adversely possessed the DNR's land. We refer to the 1965,1 1980, and 1998 versions of the statute, which, respectively, require forty years' adverse possession, twenty years' adverse possession, and twenty years' adverse possession with a fence. The DNR argues the 1998 version applies. It also…