Tagatz v. Township of Crystal Lake

¶ 1. The Town of Crystal Lake appeals a judgment requiring the Town to lay out a road to Glenn Tagatz's landlocked property. The trial court, construing Wis. Stat. § 80.13(3) (1997-98), 2 concluded that the Town was required to build a road to a landlocked parcel if asked to do so. We conclude that the Town has discretion under § 80.13(3) to decide whether it is in the public interest to build a road to a landlocked parcel. We also conclude that the Town properly exercised its discretion in deciding not to build the road. We therefore reverse.

¶ 2. The construction of a statute is a question…