The Wisconsin Supreme Court's next term will bring before the justices a case that could change more than a century of case law involving the scope of utility easements.

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A state appeals court has ruled that a transmission company does not have the right to trim and remove trees standing near one of its high-voltage lines in Waupaca, largely because the trees stand outside of the bounds of a legal easement established decades ago.

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Forty or 60 years may seem like a generously 
long amount of time to re-record an easement, 
but for many Wisconsin property owners who are unaware of Wisconsin’s re-recording statute time is of the essence.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reduced a $1 million damage award against a title insurance company in a Door County property dispute.

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2011AP1222 Hatch v. Cuchna et al.

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2010AP2295 3 Rivers Advertising Inc. v. Augelli

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2011AP1104 Zemke, et al. v. Hanson

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2011AP1807-FT Berger v. Town of New Denmark

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Property Condemnation; easements; adverse possession Gary and Judith Pahl appeal a summary judgment dismissing their claims against American Transmission Company and ATC Management, Inc. (collectively, ATC). They contend that: (1) a 1964 easement granted to the utility is void as ...

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Property Easements Michael and Jann Samarzja (Samarzja) appeal and Brian and Roberta Psicihulis (Psicihulis) cross-appeal from a circuit court order confirming the existence and scope of an easement over the Psicihulis property for the benefit of the Samarzja property. The ...

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Property Easements Carmen Neumann appeals an order holding her in contempt of court for violating the terms of a judgment granting Steven Koch and David Koch a driveway easement on Neumann’s property. Neumann contends the circuit court erred by holding ...

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Property Easements This appeal arises out of a dispute between James Jessie, on the one hand, and John and Laura Gulso, on the other, regarding access easements James claims on the Gulsos’ property. The circuit court granted summary judgment in ...

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Property Easements This appeal arises out of a dispute between James Jessie, on the one hand, and John and Laura Gulso, on the other, regarding access easements James claims on the Gulsos’ property. The circuit court granted summary judgment in ...

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