Legal Opinion

Koonz v. Joint School District No. 4

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 7, 1950PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartiN, J.

The original decision of the trial court was based upon the proposition that since the deed to the school district provided for a reversion to the grantor in the event that the district should cease to use the land for school purposes, a cessation of such use, without any further act on the part of the grantor, would result in a reversion of the title..Defendant’s motion for a review of the judgment was granted and the trial court, in reversing itself on rehearing, very carefully presented the law of Wisconsin requiring re entry or some unequivocal act on the part of the grantor to indicate…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mills v. Evansville SeminaryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Putney v. School District No. 4 of BrookfieldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Mash v. BloomWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Burrows v. Madison Park & Pleasure Drive Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Ludtke v. Compound School District No. 5Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Griffis v. Davidson County Metropolitan GovernmentTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Mahrenholz v. County Board of School TrusteesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  3. Board of Supervisors v. NewellMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Erskine v. Board of Regents of University of Neb.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Shuster v. BD. OF EDUCATION OF TP. OF HARDWICKNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952

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