Sparling v. Fon Du Lac Township

Plaintiff, Peggy L. Sparling, brought an action for ejectment against defendants, Fon du Lac Township and Fon du Lac road and bridge commission, seeking the removal of a drainage pipe maintained by defendants. After a bench trial, the trial court granted plaintiff the relief she requested. This appeal followed.

Since November 1995, plaintiff has been the fee owner of a parcel of land commonly known as lot 226. At some unknown time prior to 1983, defendants acquired an express easement to maintain a drainage pipe within a 10-foot-wide strip along the southwest line of lot 226. Five feet of the…