Summary Judgment – Quit Claim Deed

By: Derek Hawkins//January 27, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Dianne DeGroot v. Town of Wolf River

Case No.: 2019AP35

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Gundrum, J.

Focus: Summary Judgment – Quit Claim Deed

Dianne DeGroot appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint against the Town of Wolf River seeking to quiet title and a declaration that she owns her property free of any claim of Wolf River relating to a public roadway (the road) referred to in her quit claim deed. In the alternative, DeGroot seeks to recover property taxes attributable to the road or to be compensated for Wolf River’s allegedly wrongful taking of her property. Rejecting DeGroot’s premise that Wolf River abandoned the road, the circuit court dismissed DeGroot’s complaint on summary judgment. We affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.

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