Priewe v. Wisconsin State Land & Improvement Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee cbunty: D. H. JohhsoN, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint alleges, in effect, that Muskego Lake is situated witbin tbe boundaries of Waukesba county and is a natural'body of water, and up to 1891 was about four and one-balf miles long and one and one-balf miles wide (its greatest length being from north to south), and from one to ten feet deep; that the lake was regularly surveyed and meandered by tbe United States prior to…
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee cbunty: D. H. JohhsoN, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint alleges, in effect, that Muskego Lake is situated witbin tbe boundaries of Waukesba county and is a natural'body of water, and up to 1891 was about four and one-balf miles long and one and one-balf miles wide (its greatest length being from north to south), and from one to ten feet deep; that the lake was regularly surveyed and meandered by tbe United States prior to the admission of this state into the Union, and covered about 3,500 acres of land; that long prior to 1891 tbe United…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
Upon the facts stated it must be admitted that, January 1,1888, and for several years prior thereto, the plaintiff was the owner of the land mentioned; that the same extended to the lake upon the north side or shore thereof; and that he had a natural frontage upon the lake of about 100 rods. That being so, it must be conceded that, during that time, the plaintiff owned and possessed all the-rights and privileges in and upon that lake incident to such riparian proprietorship. It has repeatedly been held, in effect, by the supreme court of the United States, that it is for the several states…
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