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Property Law Keyed to Dukeminier
Murr v. Wisconsin
Citation:
137 S. Ct. 1933Facts
The Murrs (plaintiffs) received ownership of two adjacent lots, Lots E and F, from their parents. The two lots were located along the St. Croix River in Wisconsin (defendant). The Murrs’ parents had purchased the lots separately and put title of one of the lots in the name of the family business. Lot F was eventually transferred to the Murrs in 1994 and Lot E was conveyed in 1995. Wisconsin law prevented the use of the lots as separate building sites unless the lots had one acre of land suitable for development. A grandfather clause carved out an exception for lots that were “in separate ownership from abutting lands.” The law’s merger provision stated that adjacent lots under common ownership could not be “sold or developed as separate lots” if they did not meet the size requirement. Neither Lot E or F contained a sufficiently large area of buildable land. The Murrs, who wanted to develop Lot E but were unable to, sued Wisconsin.
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