TUTTLE v. STATE


259 Wis. 183 (1951)

TUTTLE and others, Respondents, vs. THE STATE and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by the Attorney General and Gordon Samuelson, assistant attorney general, attorneys, and Maurice H. Van Susteren of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Van Susteren.

E. Nelton of Balsam Lake, for the respondents.


FRITZ, C. J.

Plaintiffs claim they are the owners in fee simple, as tenants in common, of said eight parcels of land (which are now islands), and they sought to prove that said islands were formerly contiguous to and a part of said lot 4, and became islands only after a rise in the lake level of Balsam lake. On the other hand, the state of Wisconsin claims that a portion of said lot 4 belongs to the state because Balsam lake is a meandered lake and that originally...

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