Hurley Water Co. v. Town of Vaughn
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a 'judgment of the circuit court for Iron county: John K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. The substance of the complaint, in addition to a statement of the conditions precedent to the commencement of the action,'is as follows: On or about January 1, 1893, plaintiff, a duly organized corporation, contracted with the defendant, one of the duly organized towns of tire state, to furnish to it a public water supply for a term of years, and it agreed in consideration thereof to…
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Appeal from a 'judgment of the circuit court for Iron county: John K. Paeish, Circuit Judge. The substance of the complaint, in addition to a statement of the conditions precedent to the commencement of the action,'is as follows: On or about January 1, 1893, plaintiff, a duly organized corporation, contracted with the defendant, one of the duly organized towns of tire state, to furnish to it a public water supply for a term of years, and it agreed in consideration thereof to pay plaintiff $4,000 per year for such service. Such service has been fully performed since the date of the contract…
1Opinion of the CourtMaesi-iall, J.
Ob. 292, Laws of 1883, wbicb has, in substance, been embodied into' subd. 13, sec. 776, Stats. 1898, conferred on towns and town boards “All powers relating to villages and conferred upon village boards by the provisions of chapter 40, of the Revised Statutes, and all acts amenda-tory thereof,” with certain exceptions not material to this case, conditioned, as to each such town, upon its containing “one or more unincorporated villages, having each a population of not less than one thousand inhabitants,” with authority, acting by its supervisors, to exercise such powers “when directed by a…
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