Jensen v. Board of Supervisors of Polk County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Plaintiff filed with the defendant board a claim against Polk county, for work done by him in clearing and grubbing a certain “ state road ” under contract with persons appointed and acting as commissioners, by virtue of ch. 223, Laws of 1875. His- claim having been disallowed, he appealed to the circuit court, where, after a trial without a jury, judgment was rendered in his favor for the amount of his claim. .From this…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Plaintiff filed with the defendant board a claim against Polk county, for work done by him in clearing and grubbing a certain “ state road ” under contract with persons appointed and acting as commissioners, by virtue of ch. 223, Laws of 1875. His- claim having been disallowed, he appealed to the circuit court, where, after a trial without a jury, judgment was rendered in his favor for the amount of his claim. .From this judgment the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This case involves the construction and validity of chapter 223, Laws of 1875, as well as the regularity and validity of the proceedings of the commissioners named in said act.
The act provides for laying out and opening a state road in the counties of Polk and Burnett. One of the main questions in the case arises upon the construction of sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of said chapter, of which the following are copies:
“ Section 3. Upon the filing the order and survey of said road in the office of the county clerk in the several counties through which said road may pass, the said road shall become [a]…
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