Lehndorff Geneva, Inc. v. Warren

The principal questions on this appeal are whether sec. 710.02, Wis. Stats. 1 limiting non-resident alien ownership of land violates the equal protection clause of either the United States or Wisconsin constitutions or is contrary to a treaty between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter West Germany). We conclude that the answer to all three questions is no.

The case comes to us on appeal from a declaratory judgment declaring the statute applicable to the plaintiff, not violative of constitutional rights and not in contravention of the treaty with West Germany.

This…