Black River Improvement Co. v. La Crosse Booming & Transportation Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe : “ The plaintiff and the principal defendant in this action are corporations; the first organized under a special law of the state, and the second under a general law — chapter 144, Laws of 1872. The action is brought for the purpose of restraining the defendant company and its officers and agents from interfering with • the property and franchises of the plaintiff company.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for La Crosse County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Tayloe : “ The plaintiff and the principal defendant in this action are corporations; the first organized under a special law of the state, and the second under a general law — chapter 144, Laws of 1872. The action is brought for the purpose of restraining the defendant company and its officers and agents from interfering with • the property and franchises of the plaintiff company. “ The plaintiff was incorporated and derives all its powers and franchises from chapter 84, P. & L. Laws of 1864, amended…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed February 7, 1882.
Taylor, J.
It will be seen by the conclusions of law above recited, as well as from the very able opinion of the learned circuit judge; which he filed upon the determination of this case, and. especially by a subsequent opinion delivered by him in the case of the Black River Flooding Dam Association v. Ketchum, ante, p. 813, that the learned judge held that the right of the appellant corporation, under its charter to imp rove the navigation of the Black river within the limits prescribed by the charter, in the manner and by the methods…
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