OTTO v. CORNELL

No. 83-625.

119 Wis.2d 4 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 703

Adolph OTTO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard CORNELL and Dorothy Cornell, his wife, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, CONNOR FOREST INDUSTRIES, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Earl A. Charlton and Charlton Law Firm of Milwaukee and Robert A. Kennedy, Jr., and Kennedy Law Office of Crandon, of counsel.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of John H. Priebe and O'Melia, Eckert & Assoc., S.C., of Rhinelander.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.


CANE, J.

Richard and Dorothy Cornell appeal a judgment awarding Adolph Otto title by adverse possession to a parcel of land within the legal description of their deed. The Cornells also appeal Otto's award of punitive and actual damages for four trees Richard destroyed. They contend that: (1) Otto failed to establish adverse possession, (2) the judgment inadequately described the property awarded, (3) the trial court applied...

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