Kind v. Vilas County

We deal here with the situation of a lake shoreline erroneously meandered in an original U. S. Government survey. Here the discrepancy between survey and situation created a triangular parcel of land, 4.6 acres in area, which is the subject of dispute between adjoining property owners.

Wisconsin has a specific statute dealing with the case of a shoreline erroneously meandered in a government survey. It is sec. 30.10 (4) (b), Stats., and it reads:(1) “The boundaries of lands adjoining waters and the rights of the state and of individuals with respect to all such lands and waters shall be…