Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission

The following opinion was filed March 7, 1939:

Rosenberry, C. J.

The commission fixed the value of the property which the city of Edgerton had determined to take under the statute as of June 27, 1933, the time of holding the special election at which the electors voted to- acquire the utility. It is the contention of the plaintiff that there has been a marked rise in the principal items which go to make up utility property, to wit, poles, copper wire, base materials, and transformers, since June 27, 1933. The plaintiff contends that if such increase in the value of materials and price of labor…