ORDER REGARDING WILLIAMS/JONES PIONEER

No. 2016AP1765.

921 N.W.2d 188 (2018)

2018 WI 117

PETITION FOR ORDER REGARDING WILLIAMS/JONES PIONEER CEMETERY: Melvin DeWitt, Donna DeWitt, Darrell Parker, Ruth Parker, Merlin Williams, Wanda Williams and Phyllis McCoy, Petitioners-Respondents-Petitioners, v. Earl G. Ferries and Paulette M. Ferries, Respondents-Co-Appellants, Town of Forest, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: December 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners-respondents-petitioners, there were briefs filed by Thomas W. Harnisch and Thomas W. Harnisch Law Office, Neillsville. There was an oral argument by Thomas W. Harnisch.

For the appellant, there was a brief filed by Joseph P. Humphrey and Geier Homar & Roy, LLP, Madison. There was an oral argument by Joseph P. Humphrey.

For the respondents-co-appellants, there was a brief filed by W. Garth Hitselberger and Hitselberger Law Office, LLC, Hillsboro. There was an oral argument by W. Garth Hitselberger.


¶ 1 The Petitioners, collectively the DeWitts, seek to transfer a one-acre parcel of property to the Town of Forest.1 They assert that the parcel is a cemetery where they believe their relatives are buried and that the parcel is neglected or abandoned. The circuit court agreed and issued an...

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