Kaiser v. City of Mauston

This is an appeal from the grant of a permanent injunction against the City of Mauston and the City of Mauston Lake Improvement District. The defendants have been enjoined from giving effect to a lake rehabilitation plan, created in accordance with ch. 33, Stats., which would involve drawing down and dredging Lake Decorah in the City of Mauston. The relevant facts were stipulated by the parties.

On August 25, 1965, Wisconsin Power & Light Co. gave a quitclaim deed to the City of Mauston which purported to convey certain lands lying under and adjacent to Lake Decorah. One of the deeded parcels…