Connor v. City of Marshfield
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the cireuit court for Dane county: E. Bat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Since 1892 or 1893 the defendant Marshfield Water, Electric Light & Power Company, hereinafter called the “Company,” has maintained in the city of Marshfield waterworks- and lighting plant under an ordinance, contract, or franchise which provided, among other things, for the payment of hydrant rental in the sum of at least $4,000 per annum, which,, at the date of the transactions…
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Appeal from a judgment of the cireuit court for Dane county: E. Bat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Since 1892 or 1893 the defendant Marshfield Water, Electric Light & Power Company, hereinafter called the “Company,” has maintained in the city of Marshfield waterworks- and lighting plant under an ordinance, contract, or franchise which provided, among other things, for the payment of hydrant rental in the sum of at least $4,000 per annum, which,, at the date of the transactions hereinafter referred to, had. been increased by additions to $5,080. The city was also buying light, although not required…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. Tbe first field of discussion by counsel is-tbat of tbe apparently overlapping provisions of various statutes dealing witb tbe construction or purchase of waterworks and lighting plants by cities, which, it must be confessed, approximate closely to tbe chaotic condition of those regulating-the issue of bonds, commented on in Appleton W. W. Co. v. Appleton, 116 Wis. 363, 93 N. W. 262. One principally debated question in this connection is as to the degree in which sections 927 — 1 and 959 — 51, Stats. 1898, affect or control each other. Sec. 927 — 1 is substantially, with some slight…
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