2010AP340 Zillmer v. Sawyer County Board of Appeals/Adjustment
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Civil Opinion Property Zoning; nonconforming uses Sawyer County Board of Appeals/Adjustment appeals a judgment reversing the Board’s nonconforming use determination concerning Linda Zillmer’s request to conduct livestock grazing activities. We conclude the circuit court misapplied the law, and reverse the judgment. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP340 Zillme[...]
2010AP1866 Rowan v. Bourget, et al.
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Civil Opinion Property Misrepresentation; economic loss doctrine Lynn Rowan appeals a summary judgment dismissing her claims related to a residential real estate transaction. Rowan claims the circuit court erred by concluding the economic loss doctrine barred her misrepresentation claims. We affirm. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP1866 Rowan v. Bourget, [&helli[...]
2010AP2336 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. vs. Reiley, et al.
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Civil Opinion Property Mortgages; priority Solutions Properties, Inc., appeals a summary judgment in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”). The issue concerns whose mortgage is in a superior position. We conclude factual disputes precluded summary judgment and therefore reverse and remand. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP2336 Mort[...]
2009AP2990 Lone Pine Owners Association, Inc., v. Pellett
Property Prescriptive easements
2010AP2616 Spickler v. Eau Claire County Board of Land Use Appeals, et al.
Property Zoning; conditional use permits; revocation Clifford and Debra Spickler appeal an order affirming, on certiorari review, the decision of the Eau Claire County Board of Land Use revoking a conditional use permit that had been issued to the Spicklers. We affirm. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP2616 Spickler v. Eau Claire County Board […]
09-2876 & 09-2879 Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust v. Bayfield County
Property Railroad easements; abandonment A judicial finding of abandonment by a railroad is not required for title to vest in the property owner. “The plaintiffs, being the owners of the land traversed by the railroad’s right of way, acquired the right of way (if there was one—we said earlier there was not), by operation of […]
2010AP646 First Banking Center v. Twelfth Street Investors, LLC
Property Foreclosure; notice When an appeal prevents a purchaser of foreclosed property from paying the remaining purchase price within ten days after confirmation of a sheriff’s sale per sec. 846.17, the purchaser is entitled to notice from the circuit court as to when the ten-day period begins to run. “The relevant portion of Wis. Stat. […]
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