Wisconsin Statutes 192.34 – Fences; complaint of insufficient; hearing; order
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 192.34
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Land: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- railroad company: include any person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad, whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
Upon complaint by the owner or occupant of any land contiguous to the right-of-way of any railroad that the railroad company operating the line has failed to construct or keep in good repair fences along its right-of-way opposite to the complainant’s land as required under s. 192.33, the office shall proceed on the complaint in the manner provided in s. 195.04. If it shall appear that the complaint is well founded, the office may order and direct the railroad company to repair the complained of fences so that the fences will be sufficient or to construct legal fences.