BORSELLINO v. KOLE

No. 91-2191.

168 Wis.2d 611 (1992)

484 N.W.2d 564

Lewis and Diane BORSELLINO, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Louis C. and Edna KOLE, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael D. Flanagan and James J. Jochum of Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Edward F. Thompson of Clair Law Offices, S.C. of Delavan.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The main issue in this riparian rights case is whether the coterminous riparian rights line method (the right angle method) must be used to determine riparian space when the shore approximates a straight line but the lot does not meet the shore at right angles. Since there is no set rule in Wisconsin for establishing the riparian space of shoreline properties, the circuit court properly exercised its discretion in relying on the extended lot line method...

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