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BUCKETT v. JANTE

No. 2008AP2166.

767 N.W.2d 376 (2009)

2009 WI App 55

Daniel BUCKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Glenn JANTE and Elsie Jante, Defendants-Respondents, State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Christopher A. Geary of Hostak, Henzl & Bichler, S.C. of Racine.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Peter J. Ludwig of Burlington.

Before BROWN, C.J., ANDERSON, P.J., and NEUBAUER, J.

¶ 1 BROWN, C.J.

Daniel Buckett paid the property taxes on a portion of his neighbors' property for over twenty-five years, but neither he nor his neighbors, Glenn and Elsie Jante, knew it. It was not until the Wisconsin Department of Transportation condemned the parcel and paid the Jantes $63,000 that both parties found out. Buckett wanted to be paid back, so he sued, inter alia, for a portion of the condemnation sale price on the theory of unjust enrichment...

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