Legal Opinion

In Re Vacating Plat of Chiwaukee

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1949PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBroadfoot, J.

The appellants ask to have the order of the trial court dismissed for the following reasons: (1) That the entire one-hunclred-foot strip of the Chiwaukee road is a public highway because of public use; (2) that the Chiwaukee road is a public highway by dedication and acceptance by the town board of Pleasant Prairie; (3) vacation of any part thereof should be denied because a perpetual easement to the entire one-hundred-foot width of the road was created and the applicants are estopped from denying its existence; and (4) that the trial court committed an abuse of discretion in its order.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. BarnishWisconsin Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Williams v. CraigWisconsin Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Maas v. SchwaabWisconsin Supreme Court · 1944

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McCormick v. SchubringWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Yurmanovich v. JohnstonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Schimmels v. NoordoverCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2005
  4. Opinion No. Oag 3-86, (1986), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1986

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